Preachers of Hate is a film about American preachers who have twisted views on what the bible has to say about other races and women. It is a documentary social realism and was released by BBC three in October of 2016. I understand that there views are completely constructed from their environments but I still believe there is a moral objectification about these so called "preachers". The first preacher we are introduced to holds the belief that homosexual people are Satan's spawn. The preacher is called Steven Anderson. He upholds the most radical and in my opinion the most corrupt views on society. At the Paris attacks he did not show remorse to the people who lost their lives and towards the families that the deaths of many effected. The film presented Steven in an extremely raw and uncut way. Such as his preach about the Paris attacks where he clearly mocks the victims about their taste in music and the apparent irony in the killings. This raw footage of Steven is to show how different their views are from the audience. Having an audience in the U.K it is unlikely to have any supporters which can relate to Steven's views thus building an alienation from the Steve to the audience. Thus with the audience having a lack of connection to Steve it enabled them to have a strong detest of the character.

Another individual who upholds the same types of belief but towards Muslims is Ruben Israel. He expresses his hatred of the Muslim religion and homosexuals in preaching on the streets. Again the documentary exhibits Ruben raw and uncut allowing him to say such lines as "There could be a Muslim living next and he could blow you any second". The content to which he saying is horrendous and abhorrent. Why can't people see that you should not generalize a whole religion, race, gender or sex. Less than one percent of people in the Muslim religion are terrorists so why should that less than one percent of Muslims represent the whole religion. The same logic also complies to race, gender and sex.

This film explores the flaws in free speech and wide spread bigotry amongst a small amount of Americans. People need to open their eyes and realise that there are going to be those living in America who are black, who are mixed raced, who are Asian, who are Muslim, who are Mexican, who are Chinese. America use to be known as the "melting pot" of cultures ; and it still so today whether the prejudice recognise it or not.

Hidden Figures is a period drama and social realism and entails the struggles and conflicts of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson had to go through whilst they were in working for N.A.S.A in the 1960's. The film was released in 2016 and was directed by Theodor Malfi. The film most certainly represents females and specifically black females in a very positive way. It has the main protagonist, Katherine, battling the hegemony, the white, middle class, high income male defying the stereotypes of a black woman. The themes of the film involve struggle represented in the three woman's journey through N.A.S.A and their common life, racism is represented in the conflicts relating to their skin and sexism represented in disputes correlating to their sex.

A scarily real depiction in what is was like for black Americans has been portrayed in the film. It does not shy away in presenting the actualities of the 1950's. From the characters not being aloud to proceed forwards because of laws covering colored people's grades and jobs. Such as one of the protagonists, Mary, having to go through court to get extra lessons for a job she was denied because of her color but then it also did not hide the miscellaneous tasks which color people had to endure such as different water fountains and even different coffee containers. This display of the reality that the three characters had to endure was to immerse the audience into the film. We the audience members hear about the horrible ordeals that black people had to go through but because it was a long time ago we can not fully comprehend what it was like.


Opening scene displays and creates the main themes covering this film. It has the three protagonists stuck at the side of the road from their car breaking down and a white police officer interrogating the three and then giving them an escort to the N.A.S.A center. The police officer introduces the theme of sexism and racism when confronting the girls about their broken down car. He says the line "I had no idea they hired..." (cut out by Dorothy)  "they have quite a few women working in the space program". This line does not entail racism but whilst watching the scene it is clear that the officer was intending to say something involving the color of their skin. So right from the on go we have the themes thrown at us so we, the audience, can understand what the woman will be enduring through out the film.

In conclusion the film constructs and displays their themes successfully. The film immersed the audience into the world of these three women and made the viewers feel their pain.

Mustang is a film which fits into the genre of Social Realism and Drama was released in 2015. It was directed by Deniz Gamez Ergoven.  The film pinpoints a specific spot light on culture and a religion that is not well known in the western world. The film is set in turkey and has completely different culture to western society. With specifically the differences between the sexes and the misogyny. The culture and religion indoctrinates people into believing that girls are an object and a sign of wealth. The film follows 5 girls and there struggles with having to grow up through puberty and having to deal with the constant pressures with not expressing them selves in the way they want. It includes the themes of power, conflict and misogyny.

Power is represented through the uncle in the film. The girl's parents died so they had to be raised up by their uncle and grandmother. Throughout the film the uncle is constantly expressing his power even in the scenes where he is not included. Somehow the men in this culture have inherit privilege and power over women. Which I personally do not agree with. Such scenes where the Uncle exhibits power will be when we comes into confront the girls about playing with the girls. He picks one of the girls up by her hair and hits her. Another scene where the uncle isn't included but power is displayed is the scene where Lale, one of the protagonists, is running around the house with a bra on, playing around with her sisters. The Grand Mother warns the girls "what if you uncle were to see you". The Uncle is feared by the family because of his brutal attitudes. Power is displayed through the family's fear towards the  uncle.

Conflict is shown in the title of the film and subject matter of the film. The subject matter of the film is how everything is run by men and women have little freedom to express them selves but the meaning of the title, Mustang, is a feral horse typically small and lightly built. From the title is opposes the subject matter. Men want women to be submissive not to be wild. The character Lale is the epitome of a mustang. The girl likes football, driving cars and she fits the mustang definition perfectly; she is smaller then any other girl and is lightly built. Lale is one in the end who escapes with one of sisters. Lale is the representation of conflict within this film.  

In conclusion this film represents its themes through its characters. The uncle expresses the theme of power and Lale represents conflict.