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| Scene from The Hate U Give |
The world of America in 2018 is an unfortunately hostile place. With a sweltering sense of injustice in the world, it's hard to make sense of what the value of a human life can be. For director George Tillman Jr.'s The Hate U Give, he not only tackles one of the most upsetting conflicts of the modern age - police shooting innocent victims - but manages to dive further into the social ramifications as to why that is. It's a story whose imagery is already hot-wired into our subconscious, leaving us to ask ourselves the moral questions as Tillman presents these uncomfortable scenes with a purpose and vigor. It's a drama that goes beyond understanding racial profiling and gets to the heart of how hard change is, though it can still be achieved. The film doesn't have an easy answer on the search for empathy, but it's the type of rallying cry that is needed in this day and age, and helps to elevate this teen drama into something more powerful and timeless.
