Boyz 'N the Hood - Tammy Woehler
First of all, let me say this is one heck of a depressing movie. Everything about it is so sad. What the citizens of south central L.A. have to deal with day in and day out, it's ridiculous. Funny thing is, the movie came out how long ago and how many people have seen it, but yet have things changed dramatically?
I definitely agree that the women's perspectives are largely ignored in the film. The one lady who was always asking for crack, is a good example. There was no explanation for how she got where she did in her life, but obviously it was not done by anything good. She must have had bad leadership as a child herself. Now, the lady has children and is making the same mistakes, just to let her children grow up and add to the hell that is the life of the inner city citizens. She doesn't take care of her kids in the way that her two year old can run around unsupervised and end up in the middle of the street. Another great example is Ricky's mother. The way she treated Ricky as a child and the way she treated Doughboy were complete polar opposites. Ricky was treated so well compared to Doughboy. Ricky was the one who was always playing football, giving his mother hope that he would have the ability to leave someday. Doughboy didn't do much of anything as a child and his mother treated him as if he wouldn't amount to anything when he grew up. As children you could already see the difference in the attitudes and actions of the two children. Ricky was always playing football, being the "good" child while Doughboy was talking back to his mother and stealing things, leading him to juvenile detention centers and so forth.