OSCARS '91: Boyz n The Hood
“Either they don't know, don't show, or don't care about what's going on in the hood.”
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, gun violence, gangs, racism, police, gang violence, crime, death.
Oscars ‘91 continues this week with a movie that lives up to the title of the show, because we really should have seen this movie already. John Singleton, right out of film school, created a narrative that was so authentic and poignant that it didn’t matter how predictable the story arc was. The plot isn’t complicated, the characters are relatively simple, but it’s the reality of life in South Central LA that makes this movie so incredibly powerful. That, and incredible performances from a cast of rising stars, all poised to become household names in the wake of the movie. Grab some barbecue and settle in for Boyz n The Hood on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive..
Excerpt taken from “How to Survive in South Central,” written and performed by Ice Cube and produced by Ice Cube and Sir Jinx. © 1991 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.; Qwest Records.
Excerpts taken from Boyz n the Hood, © 1991, 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt taken from “Fade Out - The End” from the soundtrack to the motion picture Barton Fink, composed by Carter Burwell. Copyright 1991, 1996 TVT Records.
