relationship between black and white people can be seen through journal, newspaper, novel, or even film. One of the film that focuses on Black and White
relationship is Unconditional. Unconditional
is a 2012 drama film written and directed by Brent Mc Corkle, inspired by true events. The film is based on the actual story of Joe
Bradford, who grew up in a rural area of Tennessee
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When he developed kidney disease, Joe and his wife Denise were forced to move to a low-income area
of Nashville. When they arrived, they were confronted by the needs of the underprivileged children in their neighborhood. Joe and Denise began to reach out
to them and also started directing a choir of inner-city children. Many of the fatherless children embraced Joe, who became known as Papa Joe. Together with
his wife, he founded Elijahs Heart, a non-profit organization, in 2005 to help children in need.
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The story of Joe Bradford then made into a film entitled Unconditional
. The film was about the story of Samantha Crawford and Joe Bradford who
were the most unlikely childhood friends, growing up in a farm town where Black and White did not mix. In America back then, Black people was extremely
unwelcomed. Samantha Crawford was the only kid who welcomed a Black kid, Joe Bradford, as a friend. Over the time, they lost touch. Sam grew up as a success
children’s author, while somehow Joe ended in a slum area helping fatherless
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Tennessee became the 16th state of the union in 1796 and known as a state with the history of Its slavery. In Tennessee,
Slavery was widely expanded between 1790 and 1835. http:www.history.comtopicsus-statestennessee. Accessed on September 8th, 2016
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Papa Joe, http:elijahsheart.comwhowearepapajoe Accessed on august 11
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children. Sam and Joe met again after Sam helped Keisha, Joe’s upbringing child, from a car accident.
The film shows about the discrimination that still happened to the Black people even years after the civil rights movement. It also shows on how the
superiority of White people still exists. The writer will also analyze this film using postcolonial theory to know about the discrimination of Black people and White
people’s supremacy that emerges in this film.
B. Focus of the Research
Based on the background of the study, the writer focuses the research on White People superiority through Samantha Crawford Character using
postcolonial theory.
C. Research Question
Based on the limitation of the above problems, the writer formulates the
problem in a research question, as follows: How does the superiority of White people emerges in the film?
D. The Objective of the Research
The objective of this research is to show the superiority of White people portrayed by Samantha Crawford in the film Unconditional.
E. The Significance of the Research
The writer hopes the research can give significant information to the readers about superiority of White people in the film Unconditional especially to them
who is concern in literal, social, and cultural studies. The writer also hopes this
research can give useful contribution to the student of English Letters Department,
Faculty of Adab and Humanities, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University. F.
Research Methodology 1.
The Method of the Research
The writer uses descriptive qualitative method to analyze the film Unconditional.
Qualitative research is research that describes the object in the form of reports.
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Qualitative research is actually a research procedure which produces descriptive data from what is stated by the respondent
through writing and behavior data.
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Qualitative method sees the correlation between the word and the sentence that shaping a certain meaning, and
analyze the correlation and experimental.
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Through this method, the writer analyzes and identifies the characters of Samantha Crawford and Joe
Bradford who represent Black people and White people in this film. The writer first watches the film thoroughly. Second, the writer makes notes and
quotations of the dialogues from the film by mentioning Samantha Crawford and Joe Bradford’s characteristic, then the writer starts to analyze
the data findings by looking for evidences to support her arguments, and relates it to the representation theory by Stuart Hall. After the writer
analyzes the corpus, the writer will conclude the result of the research and then give some suggestions to the next researcher. The writer uses some
sources in this research. First is Unconditional film as the main source.
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Koentjaraningrat, Metode-Metode Penelitian Masyarakat Jakarta: PT. Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 1997, p.29.
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Soejono Soekanto, Pengantar Penelitian Hukum Jakarta: Rineka Cipta, 1986, p.32.
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Muhammad Farkhan, Proposal Penelitian Bahasa Sastra Jakarta: Cella, 2007, p.2.
Second is the script of Unconditional film. The last is from books, internet, journals, and thesis.
2. Data Analysis Technique
The writer uses descriptive analysis technique by watching carefully and analyzing the film based on relevant theories and supporting data.
Furthermore, the writer will use some form of dialogue quotations and images from the film. Quotations that have been selected will be used to
answer the questions contained in the problem. 3.
Instruments of the Research
The instruments of the research is the writer herself as the subject by watching the movie, collecting the data obtained relating to the relationship.
4. The Unit Analysis
The unit analysis of the research is Unconditional film, directed and script written by Brent Mc Corkle, and produced by Jason Atkins and J.
Wesley Legg. The film was released on September 2012.
5. Time Research
The writer began this research on August 2016, and took place in the library of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University and the library of
Adab and Humanities faculty.
6. Research Design
To get clear image of this research the writer divides this research into four chapters which in every chapter has sub chapter.
