We know that Katie is a middle class girl because of her outfit and the family that she belongs to is portrayed as a wealthy family that owns a sensible house and a car. Another scene is when the film begins with a high school middle class girl gets bullied by her classmates who are a mixture of Caucasians and African Americans. For example, the scene where Trife, Jay and Mooney who are high school students were accused of stealing by a Caucasian security guard which suggests the Caucasians have the power as well as a conflict to that the job of a security guard for a Caucasian is not a middle class job. The use of the binary theory has been well presented in this film and one of the main binary oppositions that I found was that the African Americans tend to take over the power from the Caucasians. The working class are represented as having the power in this film. The Ideology of this film is the conflict between the working class and the middle classes. ‘Kidulthood’ also represents black British youth who are often represented and stereotyped in a negative role such as the ones who are responsible for the violence. The film represents the issues that happen in West London which are not very pleasing or great. As the title suggests, the film is an urban crime/drama taken in the inner city and also deals with issues such as crime, drugs, poverty, underage sex, etc.

The title ‘Kidulthood’ implies that this film consists of events and situations that show the transition of a child to being an adult or even trying to be an adult. The film is about the life of several teenagers in the West of London. Noel Clarke directed a sequel film called ‘Adulthood’ which has the same style which is social realism.

‘Kidulthood’ (2006) is a British film based on social realism directed by Menhaj Huda.

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