Migrant and Diasporic Cinema in Contemporary Europe

Migrant and Diasporic Cinema in Contemporary Europe

Short, Sharp Shock (Fatih Akin - 1998)

Short, Sharp Shock (Fatih Akin - 1998)

Short, Sharp Shock, set in Hamburg, is a ghetto-centric gangster movie aesthetically modelled on Mean Streets by the Italian-American director Martin Scorcese while also betraying numerous affinities with Matthieu Kassovitz’s La Haine.

Photo Credit: Wueste Filmproduktion

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