Another film watched at school.

American History X - (Tony Kaye;1998;USA)
After a Neo-Nazi is released from prison, he tries to save his younger brother from the same fate.
There may be one or two instances in this film that go a little far with melodrama, but that aside, this is a very powerful film. Kaye manages to hold it together with a taut direction, and the performances are even better, especially from Edward Norton, in what may be his best role acting-wise. The scene where Norton is arrested in the street is piercing, and the image of him with that glare on his face is burned into my mind. It also has more to say about racism than Crash.