Destiny Ekargha

To what extent can we apply the theories of Alvardo and Fanon to Ekargha's work.

 

Frantz Fanon:

Language used in gone to far was immediately was recognised as Caribbean, as in the trailer the character states 'when I wake up in the morning I am nigeria.'  In relation to the white masks we can show how the trailer presented a English black man and then a Nigerian black man, showed the differences in the way they talk and how they act. The black English man was represented as a 'gangster' which relates to the idea of declulize. The mother and the son from Nigeria speak in a similar accent - idea of essentialize 'they all look the same.' 

Avarda (1987)

Avarada's theory links to Ekargha's work as his short movies usually relate to humorous films, as there is a lot of comedy in his films. There are many jokes cracked in the short films where, for example in gone to far the son rocks up in open toed shoes and socks which highlights a sense of comedy. In another film short film of his 'the Ellington' there is a mix of dangerous and humorous as there are knifes in the restaurant which highlights dangerous however it was all a made up imagination which makes it a comedy.