La Haine

The film La Haine was a very interesting film. It reminded me a lot of the film American History X for some reason. Another thing that really intrigued me was how it was sort of similar to Bacon's Rebellion, which was mentioned in one of the articles we read previously. Everyone in the projects rebelled and acted the same way, regardless of their race, which we saw with the three friends who were all different races. Much like Bacon's Rebellion, they all revolted because they were poor and mistreated, and it had nothing to do with their race.

I really liked how the film portrayed gender roles as well, because of how women played very little roles in the film. The women from the projects were all domestic women, who pretty much stayed inside and did what domestic wives do; however, when the group travels to Paris, we see classier women who was to be intellectual. I felt like this was very important and relevant to today's society in America, because I feel like this is similar in today's world as well. In correlation to class, people who come from money are able to move away and become individualized, whereas those without money are more confined to traditional "stay-at-home" roles.