Does content affect film form: do historical or social dramas differ from romantic comedies in form or style, for example?

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This question should be considered within the context of its narrative structures, thematic concerns, forms and styles. This is a complex question, that there may not be a clear answer to.
You may consider some of the questions:
To what extent do genre and socio-political factors influence film form and film style?
Do films made by black directors have narrative, formal, or stylistic commonalities as do certain genres of filmmaking such as film noir, horror or comedy?
“Does content affect film form: do historical or social dramas differ from romantic comedies in form or style, for example?”
Do the circumstances of production, or finance effect film form or film style: especially studio financed film versus independent, or grant financed films
Is the Black Cinema influenced by other creative and cultural expressions such as music and art?
Have the concerns of Black filmmakers and other artists in general changed over time? Is it possible to apply the concept of Post-Modernism to how the concerns of black filmmakers have changed?

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