With the advancement of time & technology, do people
change their way of thinking? The answer
lies in the short film “Schwarzfahrer” directed by Pepe Danquart at the end of 20th century. “Schwarzfahrer
is a German word meaning “Black rider”.
It was filmed inside some city of Germany & starts with
a train shot focusing on daily life of people with an amazing cinematography. A
black man(Paul Outlaw) boards a tram along with other passengers & asks an
elderly white lady(Senta Moira) that the seat just beside her is occupied or
not. She gives an insolence look & completely ignores him.
After taking the seat, the lady starts expressing her hatred
towards the immigrants from other countries, calling them illegal & indirectly
insults this black man. The train was occupied with other passengers from
different countries & they felt disturbed with her comments on them. The situation
was becoming tensed with her continuous remarks & it gives an impression as
if the black man will go out of his temper ending up attacking her. But he
remained silent while tolerating the humiliation he was facing from her. After
a while the tram stops & a ticket checker enters. The lady still
complaining takes out her ticket & all of a sudden the black man did
something unexpected. Though one short scene from the Bollywood film “DEVD” is
inspired from this act but it’s ok. We are all inspired with something.
Finally when the ticket checker arrives at her seat &
asks for her ticket, she said that the black nigger sitting beside her has
eaten up the ticket. Upon showing his valid ticket, the ticket checker didn't believe her excuse & tells her to come along with him. Though many passengers were
aware of what’s going on, they remained silent to teach her a lesson.
So who is the black rider? The title “Schwarzfahrer” itself
is the moral of this short film.
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