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Leroy (2007) is a German comedy movies directed and written by Armin Völckers. Starring Alan Morel, Anna Hausburg, Conrad F Geier and Cay Helmich.
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Leroy (2007) is a German comedy movies directed and written by Armin Völckers. |It tells a story of a young boy who is having identity crisis because of his black skin.  
  
 
[[File:Leroy 2007.jpg|thumb|Leroy 2007]]
 
[[File:Leroy 2007.jpg|thumb|Leroy 2007]]
  
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
Leroy (16) is an Afro-German boy who, not only notoriously unlucky, must also battle with an identity crisis born of the fact that he is both a highly cultured, well-mannered German AND black, thus belonging to two minorities. Leroy has a girlfriend, Eva, whose brothers happen to be Neo-Nazi skinheads, Leroy's natural enemies. After some time, and against all odds, Leroy and Eva's brothers have managed to become friends, and one day they ask Leroy to join them, afro and all. Leroy declines and sets off on a long walk through Berlin with his Greek friend Dimitrios. Whilst distributing supermarket leaflets across a dirty, overcrowded city pulsing to a 70s soul-groove, Leroy and "Dimmi" discuss the sorer spots of the German condition human: white foreigners and black Germans, the problem Germans have saying the word "Jew", colored people on tanning beds and Hitler's plan to convert the colors of all German traffic lights to black, red and gold. When Leroy and Dimmi almost get beaten up by hostile skinheads, Eva bravely saves the day and then it dawns on Leroy how he can eradicate fascism from its very core.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898323/?ref_=kw_li_tt</ref>
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Leroy (16) is the main character of the movie. He is an Afro-German boy who was burin into a high cultured, well-mannered family, but he happens to have a black skin. Therefore, he belongs to the minority. He makes friend with a Neo-Nazi guy, who happens to be his girlfriend's brother.  
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In one scene, Leroy and his companion, "Dimmi" examine the sorer spots of the German condition human: white outsiders and black Germans, the difficult Germans to say the word "Jew", minorities individuals on tanning beds and Hitler's arrangement to change over the shades of all German traffic signals to dark, red and gold. At the point when Leroy and Dimmi nearly get thrashed by a threatening skinheads, Eva makes all the difference and afterward it day breaks on Leroy how he can stop racism from its core.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898323/?ref_=kw_li_tt</ref>
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
A different situation in real life, as black male lived in a white-dominated society meets a Racist Nazi family while there was a warning during the World Cup in Germany saying that some of Eastern parts of the country weren't safe for black persons.
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A different situation in real life,as dark male lived in a white-ruled society meets a Racist Nazi family while there was a notice during the World Cup in Germany saying that some of Eastern pieces of the nation weren't ok for dark people.
  
There is a dialogue which the family feels disgusted.
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There is also a dialogue in the movie where a family is disgusted by Leroy's skin color:
  
 
'''Evas Vater, Herr Braune''': Why is *he* still here?
 
'''Evas Vater, Herr Braune''': Why is *he* still here?
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==Reference==
 
==Reference==
http://afroeurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/film-leroy-germany-2007.html
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# http://afroeurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/film-leroy-germany-2007.html
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[[Category:Black Racism in Comedy Movies]]
 
[[Category:Black Racism in Comedy Movies]]
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Revision as of 14:45, 1 March 2021

Leroy (2007) is a German comedy movies directed and written by Armin Völckers. |It tells a story of a young boy who is having identity crisis because of his black skin.

Leroy 2007

Plot

Leroy (16) is the main character of the movie. He is an Afro-German boy who was burin into a high cultured, well-mannered family, but he happens to have a black skin. Therefore, he belongs to the minority. He makes friend with a Neo-Nazi guy, who happens to be his girlfriend's brother.

In one scene, Leroy and his companion, "Dimmi" examine the sorer spots of the German condition human: white outsiders and black Germans, the difficult Germans to say the word "Jew", minorities individuals on tanning beds and Hitler's arrangement to change over the shades of all German traffic signals to dark, red and gold. At the point when Leroy and Dimmi nearly get thrashed by a threatening skinheads, Eva makes all the difference and afterward it day breaks on Leroy how he can stop racism from its core.[1]

Controversy

A different situation in real life,as dark male lived in a white-ruled society meets a Racist Nazi family while there was a notice during the World Cup in Germany saying that some of Eastern pieces of the nation weren't ok for dark people.

There is also a dialogue in the movie where a family is disgusted by Leroy's skin color:

Evas Vater, Herr Braune: Why is *he* still here?

Evas Mutter, Frau Braune: Gottfried, don't be so rude. He saved Rommel's life.

Eva Braune: And you have to accustom to Leroy, he's my new boyfriend.

Siegfried Braune: You've got to be joking!

Leroy: Black humor.

Reference

  1. http://afroeurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/film-leroy-germany-2007.html