One of the films that I am considering using as a catalogue source in my Small Scale Research Project is Bullet Boy (Saul Dibb, 2004). Bullet Boy is about a family in crime ridden East London, the eldest son's involvement in gun crime, and the effects of this on his younger brother. This film depicts youth as gun toting criminals on the whole, especially the older generation of youth. It shows how crime, in particular gun crime, can affect not only the people who participate in crime, but also their families, and whole communities. However, it doesn't really preach or moralise, but rather it portrays how things really are. At the moment I think I will probably use this film, maybe not as my focus film, but as a reference film.
See the trailer below....
It gained widespread critical acclaim, amongst a variety of critics. A few reviews can be found below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/04/05/bullet_boy_2005_review.shtml
http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,1454424,00.html
http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/bullet-boy
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