Abstract
In contemporary black films the pleasures and benefits of college education are modified by the power structures of the larger society. The depiction of the experiences of black students in films such as School Daze (Spike Lee, 1988), House Party 2 (Doug McHenry and George Jackson, 1991), and Higher Learning (John Singleton, 1995) reveals aspects of college life that American youth films commonly overlook, including law enforcement and poverty. These films are thus imbued with cultural authority, evident in the juxtaposition of didactic and entertainment modes of address and an emphasis on the importance of community. The displacement of educating functions that this entails is also manifested in the narrative positioning of black women and other youth as sources of authority.
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