My review of "Ghett’a Life"

1. Who was your favorite character (s) from the film? Why?
I think my favourite character was Dereck's mom, Dawn. She was with her son all the way through, always defending him, even when one else was. Going against the community in order to save her son, that takes a lot of bravery. The actress also did a great job, i think Karen Robinson's performance as Dawn is the best performace in the entire film. When she was to be supportive she does it pretty well, and when she was to act all freaked out it is also very convincing and moving.

 2. How do we see the political conflict portrayed in the film?
In the 70s and 80s the violence in Jamaica was mainly sparked from idiological diferences between the two big parties. And in the movie we see something similar, two sides that absolutely hate each other and fight to the death. However unlike the real history, here the main diference between the sides is completly arbitraty, we never know what which side wants politically. They just hate each other because the other ones live a few streets away causing a constant back and forth of attacks and retaliations. So the movie makes the point that both sides are actually very similar, they just need to get to know each other and they would realize that.

3. How are woman portrayed in this film? Is it a little or big advancement compared to The Harder They Come?
Considering "The Harder They Come" came out in 1972 and "Ghett’a Life" came in 2011, so almost 40 years apart, i have to say i think very little progress was made. While Dawn is an important character, it is still only one female character that has relevance to the plot. Camella was almost non existant, mostly a background character, and love interest. Every other character is male. So while some improvements have been made, i think it is very little progress was made in 40 years.

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