The fourth film we watched in theory was Kirikou & The Sorceress, a 1998 animated French film about a small boy named Kirikou that attempts to save his small village in Africa from a local Sorceress and her minions.
I enjoyed the soundtrack of the film, it worked well with the films upbeat friendly atmosphere. I also liked the art style of the film as it was a traditional animation. The biggest ideology that you see in this film is the capitalist ideology. That Kirkikou rises from absolutely nothing to become a strong tall warrior who is the leader of the village and has the Sorceress as his wife. In reality this is completely impossible, free to be whoever we want no matter the obstacles in our way.
The film also displays patriarchal ideology. The village is mainly left with women, all the men having been eaten by the sorceress and so when Kirikou comes along, being a male he is seen as more important and is so the main character/hero we cheer for. In reality this is obviously false, at least within our country, were both genders are seen as equal, but seeing as this film takes place in South Africa, which has ideologies and customs of its own, different from us. But you must also remember that the film was made in France, thousands of miles away which has no similar ideologies or customs, which means its not a true example of South African ideologies and representations.
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