Gone Too Far. An excellent and well-acted movie about the lifestyle of a young British-Nigerian teenager in Peckham. Yemi, played by Malachi Kirby, trying extremely hard to 'fit in' with the lifestyle in London; he would play football, listen to the 'up to date' music, use the English slang's and yet, was still a polite person in the area. Also, his attention was also on the local princess Armani, who was played by Shanika Warren-Markland. However, his 'goofy' Nigerian born brother, Ikudayisi, moved to London. Since Yemi wants to fit in, he was more concerned about getting his brother to fit in too since he was a portrayed as a 'typical' Nigerian who came on holiday to another country and didn't want his 'reputation' to go downhill if everyone found out about his brother.
In addition, what really got me more amused to keep watching this movie is that even though Yemi didn't want his typical Nigerian, to be anywhere near him, he still allowed him to. Even though he didn't want his brother to go with him to the shops, he still went with him. Despite not wanting the 'reputation' that he may have to go downhill, he still allowed his brother to go with him. At times, he did get annoyed and told him to go away but out of guilt, he went to find him because it showed he cared about him. And, in the end it helped him because when Yemi was in trouble, Ikudayisi was there to rescue him by beating up the people who were beating up his brother. Also, at the time, if you lived in Peckham, having a Nigerian born family relative was shown to be embarrassing and no one would ever tell their friends that they were Nigerian. Instead they would lie where they came from. Therefore, shows that 'blood is thicker than water' in this movie.
"This house believes that films featuring ethnic minorities should only be produced by those who have the ethnic identity being represented".
In my opinion, I have two sides to this debate but I am more for it. One of the main reasons why I believe that only who have the ethic identity should make a specific film of the culture is because they would know every single information that will be needed for a specific movie. For example, with the movie Gone too Far, the writer of this movie was a women by the name of Bola Agbaje who was also of the Nigerian origin; the movie was done perefectly and gave an accurate understanding of the lifestyle of Nigerians at the time of living in Peckham and it was even more better because she was one of those many Nigerians that were living in Peckham. She would have friends that would always lie about where they originated from which is one of the key things that were talked about throughout the movie. Therefore, this is a key reason why I believe that these particular movies should only be made by the people who know the in's and out's of the lifestyle.
On the other hand, I also believe that anyone should be able to create a movie of any ethnicity background as long as they have got enough support and information to back themselves up with which will allow them to make a good movie with great detail. Anyone is eligible to make a movie and doesn't matter whether or not they have to background. For example, I believe that anyone who has lived long enough in Britain, can make a good enough War movie even if they were Black or Indian. This is because of the fact that when they might have been studying in school, they would've been taught about it and therefore, as they have gotten older, they would've studied the topic more and in great depth to cover the movie and make an accurate judgement of the movies they make. In addition, in cities such as Southall or Leicester or even Bradford, the Asian population is increasing even more and nowadays, more and more stereotypes are becoming very well known as it is becoming distributed onto TV etc. Therefore, I also believe that anyone from a white background that is from these particular cities, can also make a good enough judgement of what a typical Asian/Indian movie needs and so, anyone can make any movie no matter what their ethnic background is.
Therefore, I agree and disagree with this statement but I am more for this statement. If someone is trying to make a cultural-based movie and wants it to be successful, then it will be much better if it is produced and written by someone who can relate to the movie. It will give a more accurate understanding to the audience and will be written much better coming from someone with experience.
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