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Boyz n the Hood : Ricky's Death

Ricky (Morris Chestnut) dies in a drive-by shooting. Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Doughboy (Ice Cube) bring his body home to Brenda (Tyra Ferrell) and Shanice (Alysia Rogers).

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crosscutting, dissolve, dolly in, dolly shot, eyeline match, handheld camera, medium close-up, medium long shot, music, empathetic, music, nondiegetic, overhead shot, pan, performance, rack focus, reaction shot, shot/reverse shot, slow motion, sound mixing, suspense, symbolism, tilt, tracking shot, zoom-out

Diversity in Media Representation

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

"Ricky's Death" in Boyz n the Hood. Directed by John Singleton, Columbia Pictures, 1991, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3935

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Sid Bell

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