Verso, 1990 Reviewed by Jane Kelly John Singleton's Boyz 'n the Hood his first film at 22, is an impressive and mature debut from one of the new black American directors who, like Spike Lee, are making films which reveal the lives (and deaths) of the black urban population of America.
One out of every 21 young black men in LA dies at the Hanos ont peers we are told, goes unemployment, poor housing amonest the voung black men of South Central LA along with their self-defeating response to it. Ine mim's crite que of the macho behaviour gun, as a first rather than a ast resort, is clear enough is shown eventually rejecting violence in favour of his of education.
The positive side of the film is the stark representation of
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