The Main themes of this film are recism, mixed race marriage and self hatred. Also there is an undercurrent of the nationalsit political movement. The director's main aim appears to be showing the damage that racism causes and inparticular on mixed race children. Similarly the films focus is the internal conflict and isolation mixed race children would feel due to the racism that is so evident in the film.
The film is successful in dealing with its subject matter sd the main character of Romo is a believble and the audience is able to sympathise with him. Also by basing itself in events that really happened (the skinhead/nationalist/racist movement of the 70s/80s) the film gains an extra dimension of realism and believabilty. Therefore the film has successfully displayed its themes of racism and self hatred that a mixed race person may feel due to the awful actions of racist ignorant thugs.
One element of the film that really stood out to me was when in the final scene, shaves his head. To me this symbolises the themes of the film. He is trying to relate to the skinhead gang, but also at the same time distance himself from his roots after all his black hair is a reminder of his pakistani blood. Also the abuse that he is screaming at himself while doing this shows the self hatred he has been made to feel making the act even more poiniant.
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