Remember The Titians Sociological Analysis

Throughout history, society can examine various ways on how stories can equate to historical moments as well as sociological notions. These moments and concepts are especially prevailing in sports stories whether in literature or film. These concepts can at times be considerably visible throughout the story or at times take a back seat and must be traversed. This research paper will survey the sports film “Remember the Titians” and how the film was able to correlate to historical moments as well as examine the changing sociological concepts during the time period where the film is set.

Before delving into the analysis of the films historical connection and sociological concepts the paper will address a summary of the film. The film is based on a true story of a new football team that is promptly racially integrated. Throughout the film we see significant conflicts largely stemming from racial prejudice ranging from actual teammates, townsfolks, to even opposing teams/referees. As the film progresses we see the team evolve together overcoming their own demon’s and gradually start rallying support from everybody on the outside.

The film reveals an unseemly truth about the state of racism and its prevalence in the United States during the 1970’s. For example, the film revolves around a team/school that had recently became desegregated. This relates to historical facts that schools that were slowly changing and the problems that originated with it. It must be perceived that although school segregation was outlawed by the Supreme Court in 1954 numerous schools especially in the south were slow or did not even follow the ruling further prolonging the dark history of racial prejudice. (The Leadership Conference) In the film, the year is 1971 when the school decides to follow the Supreme Court ruling and desegregated the school including the sports