La haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995, France)

Made in response to the police murder of 17-year-old Makomé M'Bowolé in 1993, La haine follows a day in the life of three friends in the wake of a night of protests against police brutality in the housing projects. Vinz, Hubert, and Saïd—white and Jewish, Christian African, and Muslim Arab, respectively—each hold their own ideas about how to move through an unjust world. La haine follows the trio as they dart from one corner of Paris to the next, blending hip-hop outrage with hints of magical realism. Shot in striking black-and-white and paced like a ticking time bomb, La haine is a rallying cry from the streets of the Parisian banlieue that screams across borders and decades. In French with English subtitles. (98 mins., 4K DCP)

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