Boyz N The Hood: How John Singleton Earned His Oscar Nomination

A video essay in which we celebrate John Singleton's 1991 directorial debut Boyz N' The Hood. He was the youngest and first black director to receive a Best Director nomination. We dissect the billboard scenes to show how Singleton's ability to merge style with story might've had a helping hand in him getting that landmark nomination.
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[@vicvega24]

Boyz N The Hood should've won the award and I wish Silence of the Lambs should've been released in 1992

[@MozzieMutant]

I wish there was more John singleton video essays

[@holoheartbreak4881]

What an amazing video essay on an great movie! Keep it up bro you’ll catch that momentum with your Chanel! Very underrated. 🙏🏻

[@BountyRogueCinemax]

This is amazing

[@dadakashindi9305]

amazing video essay!!! Thank you

[@happyavocado7179]

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[@FilmSwitch]

Thanks so much! We're working to reach more people, but thanks for being one of the early ones

[@dmosill]

You had from the Songs to the key of life album posted up behind you. What you know about Steveland lol? Great video!

[@edgarmartinezhuaracha8429]

Such a great video, keep it up dude

[@bahsesaq2598]

Can u make one on menace to the society

[@andricktattoo]

Dope vid bro....where did you get that songs in the key of life poster at?

[@Prometheus8999]

Analysis with little care for filmic for or language and for actual filmic form. A compositionless, pandering, film that has more interest in identity politics than its own filmmaking. Dear God this is what the criterion collection apparently loves now (well they always liked spike Lee so criterion quality control never really mattered anyways lol)🤷🏻‍♀️

[@minatoarisatofrompersona3440]

A film doesn’t have to be the most technically impressive piece of art to still be powerful and important. Film form is the just the vehicle to communicate the film’s themes. Form for form’s sake has nothing to say, as this video spoke about at the beginning