Watching “La Haine” nearly 30 years ago, there was a sense of something inexorable about violence in the French suburbs. French director Mathieu Kassovitz’s critically acclaimed black-and-white film opens with video images of news footage of urban riots.

Nearly three decades after it's release, "La Haine" is still hailed as the reference film on housing projects in crisis. The film's director Mathieu Kassovitz and theater director Serge Denoncourt are giving it new life,

French director Mathieu Kassovitz’s critically acclaimed black-and-white film opens with video images of news footage of urban riots. The film then follows three friends — Hubert, Vinz and Saïd — over the course of 24 hours in a world of police brutality.