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kismetchimera May 12th, 2008 06:19 PM

Violence in the Banlieu-Paris- Video
 
This video is seven minutes long and is causing furor in France.

http://tv.repubblica.it/home_page.ph...layer&cont

kismetchimera May 12th, 2008 06:21 PM

Here is the video..I hope:)

http://tv.repubblica.it/home_page.ph...;cont_id=20173

Apres_Londee May 12th, 2008 08:35 PM

Why is it causing a furor? Because it glamorizes violence? Or because it's depicting black and arabic youth engaging in random violence? Or both?

It's a very slick and stylized video, at first I thought it was a music video. I'm curious why it's so controversal in France?

ira May 13th, 2008 05:13 AM

Interesting, K.

Hi AL,

>I'm curious why it's so controversal in France?

A: It's not really news. It's an opEd piec.

B: It's done by Italians.

((I))

WillTravel May 13th, 2008 07:34 AM

It is a music video. Here's the guy who directed it.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...ndid=121571013
Here are some comments:
http://www.shotsringout.com/?p=757


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