La Haine (Restored)

Mathieu Kassovitz’s cult classic La Haine stands as a unique representation of police violence and how it shapes the functioning of society. The film's interwoven stories offer a closer look at the lives of young people—especially racialized and marginalized young men—in the suburbs of post-colonial France, a society that fails to confront its past and present, thus reflecting the broader European value system shaping the continent's political decisions. Recently restored, La Haine burns with the same urgent clarity it had thirty years ago.

If the weather is bad, the screening will take place indoors.