Race Relations In Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

In the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Stanley Kramer portrays the conflict that is race relations in America within the 1960s. Even though the film explicitly was about the conflict between a man and a woman whose family did not approve of their sudden engagement, the film implicitly explores the political implications between race relations and the home. The film tries to argue that the problem in society is not that we do not preach equality, the problem is we do not abide by it. In the film, Joanna's mother and father raised her to be a progressive white woman that believed that race was only a social construct and it did not matter; when in fact the film suggests that we as a society preach equality but within our households we do not necessarily believe in equality. The exploration of these topics and political implications are what is known as Third Cinema.
Fernando Solanas and Octavio Gettino argue in “Toward a Third …show more content…
Films are not neutral and in theory can never be neutral because there is always a perspective and always a third meaning that can be derived from the denotative clips a film gives us. Solanas and Gettino argue that these political issues need to be addressed and film is one of the best ways to do it. Solanas and Gettino believe that by revolutionizing film, society can be introduced to topics and ideas subjectively and in a more comfortable environment. Whether it be racial issues or problems within third world Brazil, Solanas and Gettino urge us as viewers to look at film in more of an objective lens. They encourage us that culture, art, and cinema will always reflect conflicting ideas within society. Lack of awareness of these issues will hinder our ability to see society for what it really is. Film cannot be neutral, nor can it be truly objective, a simple truth with inevitable consequences. Why not make those consequences work in your

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