1. La Haine

2. Background Information Housing shortage HLM Import workers

3. Life in “la Cité” High unemployment Poverty Immigrants Limited transportation Criminal behavior, especially gang-related (although murder is NOT common) “Economic Segregation” or Racism

4. Economic Segregation and Racism Racial profiling by the police. Problems getting a job, or finding an apartment, or even entering a nightclub because of their names or skin color, although such discrimination is officially illegal. Anti-discrimination laws are rarely enforced, and even when they are, punishment tends to be nominal. "Identity Controls" — unannounced places where police demand identity papers from whomever they choose. Witnesses to these identity controls confirm that only nonwhites are commonly asked for their papers.

5. France is disintegrating into a "territorial and social apartheid" because "certain French citizens are treated as second-class citizens, if not the leprous members of the national community". --Tariq Ramadan

6. Summary statistics—riots of 2005 Started: 5:20pm on Thursday, 27 October 2005 Towns affected: 274 Property damage: 8,973 vehicles (Not including buildings) Monetary damage: Estimated at €200 Million. Arrests: 2,888 Deaths: 1 Police and firefighters injured: 126

7. Video Clip: Riots in 2007

8. “Youth” Films “Coming Of Age” Musicals Animation Horror Food for thought Cult

9. American Youth Film Conventions proms, alcohol, illegal substances, high school, parties and all-night raves, losing one's virginity, relationships, social groups and cliques, high school, and American pop-culture Stereotypes: The Jock The Princess or The Plastic The Geek The Rebel The Misfit or The Outcast The Average Girl/Boy (the boy/girl next door) The New Girl/Boy

10. American Influence Scarface 1983 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgAjxiu2O 2M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgAjxiu2O 2M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2FO- kJRzn8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2FO- kJRzn8 Taxi Driver 1976 trailer Taxi Driver 1976 mirror monologue final scene