Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a handful of disparate people’s lives intertwine as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city. Among the players are: the Caucasian district attorney, who uses race as a political card; his Caucasian wife, who, having recently been carjacked by two black men, believes that her stereotypical views of non-whites is justified and cannot be considered racism; the two black carjackers who use their race both to their advantage and as an excuse; partnered Caucasian police constables, one who is a racist and uses his authority to harass non-whites, and the other who hates his partner because of those racist views, but who may have the same underlying values in his subconscious; a black film director and his black wife, who believes her husband doesn’t support their black background enough, especially in light of an incident with the racist white cop; partnered police detectives and sometimes lovers, one Hispanic female …
Release Date: 6 May 2005Runtime: 115 min
Stars:
- Art Chudabala
- Dato Bakhtadze
- Don Cheadle
- Eddie J. Fernandez
- Howard Fong
- Ime Etuk
- Jennifer Esposito
- Karina Arroyave
- Keith David
- Loretta Devine
- Matt Dillon
- Sandra Bullock
- Sean Cory Cooper
- Tony Danza
- William Fichtner
Director: Paul Haggis
