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Boyz n the Hood : Tre and Officer Coffey

While Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Ricky (Morris Chestnut) are driving away from a shooting, Officer Graham (Kirk Kinder) and Officer Coffey (Jessie Lawrence Ferguson) stop them for a search. Coffey recites to Tre an threatening speech.

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Film Language

crosscutting, diegetic sound, dissolve, dolly in, lighting, long shot, low angle, medium close-up, monologue, music, nondiegetic, reaction shot, shot/reverse shot, sound effects, sound mixing, tilt, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

Black, Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man

"Tre and Officer Coffey" in Boyz n the Hood. Directed by John Singleton, Columbia Pictures, 1991, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3934

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