Little Odessa is very educational. Normally the Russian community in USA is not portrayed too often (Lord of War an exception), and they arrived in a society where they lost a lot of status. Some became succesful and moved to safer suburbs, but the ones who were not able to adapt so easily, end up stuck in a ghetto where they are bitter and isolated from the rest of the city. They refer to blacks a "Schwarzes" and Christians as "Goyim", showing no desire to assimilate.
Inside this world, we see what happen when a father fails to inspire his children, and they try to live opposite (hugh stakes) lives, despite the risk and illegality. It is important to portray how tough it was in the first years as the immigrants arrived, and how their ethnic and cultural ties were still strong and in the end they become a trap manking that community inward looking
Inside this world, we see what happen when a father fails to inspire his children, and they try to live opposite (hugh stakes) lives, despite the risk and illegality. It is important to portray how tough it was in the first years as the immigrants arrived, and how their ethnic and cultural ties were still strong and in the end they become a trap manking that community inward looking