Poverty In Black And White
Poor Black characters are usually surrounded by crime and violence, while poor White characters are portrayed as noble and hard-working.

Steve Hayes is required to make an audition tape for a role he is trying out for. His brief from the director is to 'Tell me about yourself'. It sounds simple, in theory.
Poor Black characters are usually surrounded by crime and violence, while poor White characters are portrayed as noble and hard-working.
Director Dana Ziyasheva made her directorial debut, 'Defenders of Life' which focuses on the Ngäbe community, and the hardships Ngäbe girls faced in Costa Rica.
Bong Joon Ho’s masterpiece, Parasite (2019) became one of the few international films to break into the American mainstream.
I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
While the director didn't set out to make a feminist film, "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" reads as a reclamation of female power in a patriarchal society.