Representation Of Ethnicities In Hollywood Film Analysis

nce the dawn of the American film industry in the late 19th century Hollywood movie production studios have played a crucial role in influencing views on religion, ethnicity and cultural traditions of many nationalities amongst the public. Hollywood movie studios are relentless in their stereotyping and the vilification of minority groups, a countries cultural background and traditions and even whole continents in order to produce the next box office hit. The production studios representations of ethnicities in their feature films are pernicious and harmful and can in many ways influence and manipulate the viewers perception of a countries national identity and the cultural heritage of its population. Furthermore they can create prejudices

In a study by the Ralph J. Bunche Centre for African American Studies at UCLA in 2014, a study based on 172 films produced and released in 2011 showed that only 10.5 percent of actors who played lead roles were of a minority group. While the other 89.5 percent were made up of Caucasian actors. The study states that “because minorities collectively accounted for 36.3 percent of the U.S. population in 2010, they were underrepresented by a factor of more than 3 to 1 among lead roles in the films examined.” The scarcity of ethnic and racial diversity in Hollywood feature films can only add to further marginalisation of these minority groups as they may be left out of from a story in which they could be directly involved in. Images portrayed on the cinema screen or by the media can be directly involved in how we view other ethnicities and influence our views towards the ethnicity’s portrayed. This can in turn lead to the forming and

This film is by far one of the most controversial motion picture to come out of a Hollywood production studio in the last fifteen years, if not ever. The main plot in the film is for the protagonists to infiltrate North Korea and assassinate its dictator Kim Jong-un in typical Hollywood comedic satire. Just before the official release of the movie Sony, the production studio that produced the film, were hacked by a group of hackers which named themselves the “ Guardians of Peace”. Which were believed to be from North Korea. The group demanded the cancellation of the film release and threatened that they would use terrorist actions if they release went ahead. The Guardians then released emails sent to members of the production company by the CEO Michael Lynch online with a threatening message