Be fair, don't judge
2012, 30 minutes
BE FAIR, DON'T JUDGE
A young man is standing in a tube carriage against the door, the tube pulls into a station and the opposite door opens. A young Muslim man with a rucksack and a suitcase walks on and stands on the opposite end of the door to the first man who eyes him up briefly then continues to look at the floor. The Muslim man starts to rustle through his bag like he is looking for something, the first man notices and instantly feels nervous but he is trapped on the tube carriage and can't escape. He looks around the carriage to see if anyone else has noticed, but they haven't. He is the only one. The second man continues to search through his bag, rooting deeper and deeper. The panic grows on the first man's face as he expects the worst. The Muslim man pulls a phone out of his bag and starts pressing buttons, the scene slows as the first man thinks this is the end, that these are the final moments of his life; you can clearly see the terror in his face. The tension builds, his heart is pounding but nothing happens. The man who got onto the train is playing a game on his phone. On a black screen the text reads 'Be Fair, Don't Judge' The Muslim man smiles at the first man as he exits the train.
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