12 year of slave:

Analysis of 12 years a slave trailer :

This trailer highlights that the film will be about the exploitation of black people during 1841. these black people came from all around the world, in this movie the man who is being exploited is from Canada and was sold into slavery. The film shows how these people were born free as Michael Fassbender quotes, "I was born a free man." This film portrays the division between black and white people.

Alvarado 1987 would argue that the trailer ... 

. suggests that there are four types of representations for members of the black community:

. firstly the Humorous
. secondly the exotic or sexually promiscuous
. the pitied
. the dangerous

However, in this case the trailer would portray 'the pitied' as the audience feels sympathy towards the black people in  this film as they were sold to slavery. it would be argued that 'the dangerous' which portray the white people who used the black as slaves which challenges stereotypes as black people are usually stereotyped as 'the dangerous' however this movie challenges this stereotype and almost swaps roles.

Black skin white mask (Fanon): 

This theory is supported by Fanon who argues that people may look white but are actually white. An example of this would be Michael Jackson who had undergone many surgeries and bleaching process in order to make himself look more white, by changing his nose and skin colour. This could be argued to be an understanding thing because of the exploitation of the black and how they are treated differently than white people. In this trailer, this theory can be used to describe the black people who were sold into slavery, although they were black, many came from a rather 'white country' for example the Michael Fassbender had came from Canada which means that he would of had to adapt to their culture.