Crash

Crash is a film directed by Paul Haggis of how the lifes of completely different citizens of L.A. . Racism is constantly present during the movie, and is the cement that keep their lifes together. A racist cop and his idealist workmate, an iranian store owner, a couple of rich afroamericans, an hispanic lockman, these are some of the protagonists of the film whose lifes will be crossed with each other due to the discovery of a dead corpse. The film shows really well the situation of the U.S.A. after 11-S, where everyone mistrust foreigners and racism feed hate. Most of the characters act attending to their wishes, and if they are against racism it is because it carries benefits for them. Policemen use their authority to discriminate black people and foreigners, and these claim for their rights. Watching the film was a bit strange, although racism still exists today I wouldn´t think it could reach this limits, at least in Spain, and it is a relief to see that this situation has improved in many countries, but there is still work to be done