Black or white, this no shite

Rating: Null/10 (26 February 2003)

Seeing 8 Mile several times-Iwork for a Black White Asian Arts and Film Centre in the home town Wolverhampton,England(check your history books!) of British Racism-where 35 yrs ago the politician Enoch Powell condemned black people for coming to England.The film 8 mile is almost spoiled by poor editing and flashy photography but makes a good comment. I find very little in the film to substantiate his grounding in black history-he appears younger than his black compatriots-maybe that is an argument to be discussed elsewhere.However I do like the ending of the film-it needs to be seen not in the context of black people seeking a white hero but in white people seeking a home.