‘The Hate U Give’ Review: A Triumph of Thoughtful, Complicated Storytelling | TIFF 2018

As evidenced by the countless films telling stories about white people, there is no one universal “white experience.” Not everyone lives the same kind of life, has the same guiding philosophies, or shares the same interests. But of course the same is true of other kinds of stories; those that have been underrepresented on the big screen. The Hate U Give doesn’t attempt to encapsulate the “black experience” in one individual, or even one family. Instead, in telling the coming-of-age story of a young black teenager against the backdrop of Black Lives Matter, white privilege, gang wars, …

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