How is Prejudice represented in Hurricane (the movie)?
Here comes the story of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer who was framed for a murder he didn’t commit and spent the next 22 years fighting to prove his innocence. Carter’s story was first made famous through Bob Dylan’s song, which resonates throughout the film, but The Hurricane continues the story up to the present day. Writers Dan Gordon and Armyan Bernstein take numerous liberties with the truth, changing many of the facts for dramatic purposes. In the process, The Hurricane becomes a powerful howl of outrage against the volatile climate of racial tension and intolerance that led to a blatant miscarriage of justice. Director Norman Jewison has explored these themes before, most notably in the Oscar winning classic In The Heat Of The Night and A Soldier’s Story, and his obvious passion shapes this epic film into an overtly manipulative yet compelling and moving experience. The fight to clear his name is taken up in earnest when the barely literate 13 year old Lesra Martin (Vicell
