Schwarzfahrer (1993)

Directed by

Pepe Danquart

Genre

comedy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

12 min

Rated

0

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A black man rides a tram in Germany and faces racist insults from a fellow passenger. When the ticket inspector comes onboard, the woman who insulted him is caught without a ticket and she accuses him instead.

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What happens

Schwarzfahrer (also known as Black Rider) is a 1993 German 12-minute short film directed by Pepe Danquart. It won an Oscar in 1994 for Best Short Subject. The topic of the film is the daily racism a black man endures in a tram. The title is a word-play: "Schwarzfahrer" usually means "fare-dodger" in German, but can be literally translated as "black traveler". This word-play forms the punch line of the short film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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