The Rodney King Tape in Cinema Video Essay

201227 min 1 secFilm: Documentaire

Script: Elysse Leonard

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A video essay that compares the use of the Rodney King beating tape in the films Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992) and Dark Blue (Ron Shelton, 2002). How do these two films differ in their inclusion of the tape of the attack and what does mean for their representations of race in America, the representation of racial violence, and the cinematic history of representing black bodies?

Subject categories

  • Cinéma > Tournage de films et vidéos
  • Médias > Production de films et de vidéos
  • Domaine des arts > Arts visuels

Credits

écriture
Elysse Leonard
monteur
Christopher Heron
enregistrement sonore
Brian Robertson
narrateur
John Cohen