Afro Deutsch

I originally had this movie playing in the background, but the verse caught me, even though it was in German it was lyrical, and had such a presence that it was absolutely captivating.

The film via german rap explores the changing concept of racism in modern Germany. How it changes but in some ways remains ultimately the same. How now that black culture is being imulated by white culture they still in many respects view them as a lesser citizen. It delivers a well thought out message that is very heartfelt. The cinematography is as well brilliant and stunning. Well worth the 13 minutes of film it was shot upon, if only more film was like this.

This short film, shot in a music video style follows a young black man who is pursued by a group of white young men clearly bent on violence. The narration is a defiant hip hop/rap declaration of a young black man's defiant attitude. This is clearly a protest of Negrophobia in modern day Germany and puts a convincing case.

Overall this is a very effective short but the non-German speaker should be warned, the rapid-fire staccato dialogue moves very quickly and its difficult to keep up with the subtitled narrative while viewing the images.