TY - JOUR AU - Moffat, Kate PY - 2018/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Race, Ethnicity, and Gang Violence: Exploring Multicultural Tensions in Contemporary Danish Cinema JF - Scandinavian-Canadian Studies JA - scancan VL - 25 IS - SE - Articles DO - 10.29173/scancan156 UR - https://scancan.net/index.php/scancan/article/view/156 SP - 136-153 AB - <p>ABSTRACT: One of the most striking genre conventions to emerge in Danish cinema in recent years is the gangster motif. Replete with gritty social realism, urban decay, and tribal warfare between different ethnic groups, these films reflect a growing discontent in the Danish welfare state, particularly regarding multiculturalism and inclusion. This article follows these trends from the mid-1990s, focusing specifically on the themes of ethnic division in four films: Nicolas Winding Refn’s <span class="MonographTitle">Pusher</span> (1996), Michael Noer’s <span class="MonographTitle">Nordvest</span> (2013) [<span class="MonographTitle">Northwest</span>], Omar Shargawi’s <span class="MonographTitle">Gå med fred, Jamil</span> (2008) [<span class="MonographTitle">Go With Peace, Jamil</span>], and Michael Noer and Tobias Lindholm’s <span class="MonographTitle">R</span> (2010) [<span class="MonographTitle">R: Hit First, Hit Hardest</span>]. The article explores racial division in these films by examining how they reflect or subvert cultural and political approaches towards diversity in Denmark over the last two decades. </p> ER -