The movie Crash would be a great addition to the rotation of films for Politics and Reel Life. The film addresses various issues such as racism, violence, corruption, crime and discrimination. I would say that the main focus is race issues in Los Angeles, California. I am from San Diego, which is about an hour south of Los Angeles, and the situations portrayed in Crash are just as prevalent, if not more so, in that area especially. The movie follows several groups of characters that seem to have nothing to do with each other, but as the film progresses, they all have encounters with one another through one of the aforementioned issues. The film plays on problems of racism in white cops, discrimination against low-wage workers, and the paranoia of people that causes them to turn to violence. This film definitely has a lot in common with Good and Bowling for Columbine. It points out the “other” in a modern day society and highlights the huge, growing space between them and everyone else. All of the characters eventually face a moral dilemma, usually dealing with one of the other characters. There is a huge theme of good versus bad, and the ability of people to give benefit of the doubt to others on a daily basis. With so much prejudice and violence (especially evident in the justice system), it is difficult for people to ever truly understand each other. And therefore, they do not touch, but “crash” into each other every so often.
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