دراسات معاصرة
Volume 8, Numéro 1, Pages 454-463
2024-06-02

American Dream For African-american Women: A Reality Or An Illusion- The Case Study Of Theodore Melfi’s Film Hidden Figures (2016)



Authors : Elbah Zoulaikha .

Abstract

The purpose of the current study is to shed light on the ethos of the American dream in Theodore Melfi’s Film Hidden Figures (2016) which depicts the struggle of African-American women to achieve their American dream. This study is based on two main hypotheses. The first states that for African-American women, the American dream is nothing but an illusion. The second hypothesis states that African-American women can achieve the American dream through hard work and determination. To analyse the on-screen discourse, we have adopted Thematic Analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) which enables us to identify explicit and latent patterns and themes. The analysis of on-screen discourse reveals that the first hypothesis is refuted, while the second is confirmed.

Keywords

American Dream ; Reality ; Illusion ; African-American Women ; Segregation

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