The Art Of Cinema As A Tool That Creates A Possible...

The art of cinema is a tool that creates a possible platform for social commentary. Through media, especially movies, questions and critiques about the world can be answered or proposed. In addition to that, the way cinema is created also demonstrates the perception of the society that it is trying to convey. For example, Sembene Ousmane creates movies that address the corruption of the African elite, the influences of colonialism, and the need for African agency (Diabate, 2). He does this by utilizing his characters and the different situations that he puts them in and because of this, the telling of the story is important as that can have many implications as well. In Mohamed Camara’s 1997 Dakan, the subject of the social commentary was†¦show more content†¦His sexual orientation becomes a catalyst for his father’s anger when his father is mostly focusing on the scandal of Sori being a farmer and not following in his father’s footsteps. That is the ori ginal source of his father’s disappointment, not that Sori is gay, although that plays a role as well. To contrast that, Manga’s mother is mainly concerned about having grandchildren. She does not agree with Manga’s sexual orientation but is also trying to keep him safe by trying to dissuade him. This implies that children are not a possibility if someone is gay and that the person chooses a life of danger without thinking of the consequences That is not true. As Sori mentions, people can adopt, but sexuality is not a choice or something that can be attributed to teenage rebellion. In this way, the film makes it seem as if homosexuality is disappointing. Following that, Manga’s near death experience due to love sickness implies that the cure is purification. A way to show this is to compare Manga’s mother giving up her ability to walk so that Manga is alive and well to Manga’s mother doing this in order for her son to be straight. His â€Å"cure† is his complacency with being straight even though he is never completely happy. Almost immediately after being cured, Manga becomes attracted to a new love interest who is a woman. Due to