Pepe Danquart
Schwarzfahrer (Pepe Danquart, 1993) Danquart’s 1993 short film (12 minutes) won the Oscar for best short film, among other awards. An Afrodeutscher man sits next to an old German lady in the Straßenbahn. She launches into a very racist monologue about Black people, with racist asides about Turks and Poles. “In the old days we would have dealt with these people,” she says. A couple of things to know about the film before you watch it: 1. Riding public transportation in Germany requires a ticket, but tickets are rarely checked.…
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