In The Hate You Give, directed by George Tillman Jnr, an important technique that was used was the voice overs. The director used this technique throughout the film through the character of Starr Carter. Starrs voice overs showed how big of an impact racism has had on her. The effect of this on the audience was to make us think about how major racism is and the way if affects not only individuals, but families too. The only way this will ever have a chance of changing is if we all use our voices together.
One of the first times we see this technique of voiceovers being used is when Starr is driving through her neighbourhood with her family, on the way to her private school. As she drives past her local Garden Heights High School, she says “The high school is where you go to get jumped, high, pregnant or killed.” This is Starr explaining why she did not attend the school in her hood. Garden Heights is known as the poor, black neighbourhood, while the school she does attend in Williamson is known to be the rich, white school. This makes the audience think about how different these neighbourhoods are. Garden Heights is the scary, unsafe one and Williamson is the happy, safe neighbourhood. Near the start of the film, we question why this is thought of.
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Starr version two feels the need to hide a lot of her real identity just to fit in with her school peers and not come across as an “angry black girl.” As she arrives back at her neighbourhood full of “black poor people,” she can flip the switch in her brain back to Starr Carter and continue to be herself