Below you will find written and video materials to supplement your experience with this film. Be aware that essays and video essays are likely to contain spoilers.
Critical Essays
La Haine and After: Arts, Politics, and the Banlieue (Criterion)
5 Reasons Why La Haine Is A Modern Masterpiece of French Cinema (Taste of Cinema)
View of La Haine: Framing the ‘Urban Outcasts’ (acme-journal.org)
Contextual Reading
Rebels with a Cause: (Re)defining Identities and Culture in Contemporary French Cinema
Exploring the Banlieue (researchgate.net)
Beurs in the Hood: Coming of Age in the Banlieue (uark.edu)
Sounds of the banlieue | The Wider Image | Reuters
