"White Pig" is going to tackle one of the scariest parts of racism, the fact that you have no idea who might be a racist. Anyone could be one, couple that with the fact that almost no murder case ends with his close ones saying "I totally understand, he seems like that kind of person" and you really have something. As the tagline for second teaser clip says: "He could be your neighbour, your friend, your teacher, your partner..."
In this second clip, which I've chosen to share first because it's the shortest one, we see one of the main characters, Jens, brutally attack and probably kill what we assume is a completely innocent girl of a different ethnicity. The end shot of him serving buns and jam to a blonde, assumingly pure Danish woman, help establish Jens as a normal man. The friendly neighbour who is more than happy to take you into his home and serve you food. You can't know who will be the next horror.
In the longest clip, as seen above, we meet Mia, the police officer who is tasked to find and track down Jens. It seems as if in this clip they're not quite sure what the exact motives of Jens are, though his victim demographic is clear. Women who look foreign, particularly like they might be from the Middle-East or South Asia.
I can't say that I am completely sold on this film yet, even though I did back it on Indiegogo back in its day, but I am hopeful. Crime films are rarely not at least a little intriguing, and the Danes are known to produce some good crime. I think this film might tackle racism in a way many other films don't really dare, by connecting with Jens, making us understand him, feel for him. Not make us agree with him in any way, but make us uncomfortable by reminding us that there are "perfectly" normal people out there with "perfectly" good reasons as to why they hate anyone who is even a little bit different. I am definitely looking forward to seeing what this film brings to the table that other films of its genre doesn't.
If you want to you can still support it over at their website, though it's not the kind of backing you're used to these days. It's just a straight-up donation service through Paypal, though you will get a contributor listing on IMDb, if that's the kind of thing you might dream about.
I have to say though, one last thing, I'm not a fan of them saying that the film is "loosely based on the Anders Breivik massacre". Sure, the people coming up with the idea might have been inspired by the acknowledgment of these kind of people in the Nordic, but it doesn't have anything to do with the actual event. Although I haven't seen this description anywhere else, it does seem like it's meant to stir people up, give them a certain vibe, but to me it ends up just being in poor taste. Though that might be just me. I still think that there shouldn't be as many films about 9/11 as there has been, or any other great human tragedy that's happened recently. We don't need that kind of discussion right now in such a direct manner, the audience actually lived through it. Wait until a big portion of the audience hasn't.
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