A short film about politics more than storytelling.
District 18. The 18th district in the movie obviously alludes to an area in the South Side of Chicago where black people are not connected to the subway as the main residents. I wanted to check the political map of this district on the wiki, but it turned out that the actual 18th district is From a middle-class and above community in North City, officials familiar with Chicago’s political geography are welcome to provide additional information.
electoral redistricting. Redistricting is not uncommon in the United States. While redistricting (to have a material effect on the election) has created the notorious Gerrymander, it appears to have been partly a rigging of the election since the Supreme Court left the practice uncommented on a "political issue" Create favorable conditions. In this film, the old Mulligen used his political capital to win the selection redraw and early election for his son, intending to defeat Manning, who was born in a gang. Not difficult for a white family who has led a constituency for 6 generations.
Black Christian Church. Manning's name in the film suggests that he is of African descent from a Muslim region, and the black pastor in the film is a typical African American Christian pastor. Affected by various reasons, there are a large number of Christians in African-Americans. Obama, who started politics in Chicago, belonged to a large black church in Chicago, which also laid a broad popular foundation for his subsequent elections. Like Chinese Christian churches, black Christian churches are not only open to blacks in nature, so both Mulligen and Manning try to win voters by winning churches, which is also a common American political phenomenon.
music. The video shows the rapper group being shot and killed by gangsters. In fact, Rap music does have a less glorious history in the United States, resulting in the lyrics of many Rap singers containing descriptions of violence, race and prison life. There are countless famous rappers who died in gang fire. This description is quite real, and Rap does indeed originate in the streets and end in street music. From this point of view, the development soil of rap music in China is not good, and many so-called rap music in China stays in the imitation stage, which is more form than substance.
Marcus' death. Marcus' death may be an insinuation of several tragedies caused by the manslaughter of black youths by hundreds of police officers. Cases like this have appeared almost every year in American history, and they don't disappear just because people gather to mourn a victim or two. For example, the famous Trayvon Martin in the Obama years, the Oscar Grant incident that shocked the whole city of San Francisco, etc., but I personally feel that the director's description in this case, at least according to the clues given, does not specifically point to the issue of race. In this case, after Marcus was stopped driving, the first reaction was to go to the car's Glove Box to protect the gift(?). This very dangerous action was originally one of the target actions of the American police. On the dangerous streets of Chicago, everyone must protect themselves.
Overall, I still liked the few political stories inserted in this film. If it's a crime movie, the plot is naturally much more fragile. The seriousness of the racial problem in the United States does not mean that it does not exist if we do not talk about it. African-American and Latino directors are actually very brave, constantly breaking through the bottom line and torturing society's understanding of certain issues. However, the power of Chinese-American directors is much weaker. , most of the Chinese in the camera seem to pursue a simple family happy ending, which seems to be more worthy of reflection.
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