BFI

 On the 5th of February I attended a lecture at the BFI from Mathew Hall regarding youth culture in the media.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first half of the lecture involved a discussion based around 6 clips from The Wild Ones, Rebel without a cause, Quadrophenia, Easy Rider, Human Traffic, and Kidulthood. We were asked to think about the denotations and connotations of the clip and keeping in mind how an older audience may react differently to the film than an younger.

In the second half we watched 'My Brother, The Devil'- a 2012 British film written and directed by Sally El Hosaini. It has won multiple awards, including at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival.

The film follows two Arabic brothers living in east London. 'My Brother, The Devil' explores the issues relating to identity, religion, and sexuality.

After the viewing, the group took part in a Q&A session with Julia Godzinskaya, the producer of 'My Brother, The Devil'. We discussed mainly the making of the film and the response to the film. I discovered how the film crew got around limitations (in particular the effect of the London riots and how they were not allowed to film on the streets with knifes or any fight scenes). Godzinskaya also explained how the audience interpreted the film differently in terms of a positive or negative response to the representation of youth culture, religion and sexuality.