Ghetto (1997): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1997, Ghetto is a notable film directed by Thomas Imbach, running about 122 minutes.

What it’s about. We accompany a handful of teenagers on their forays into department stores, listen to techno musik, stand on the sidelines as a big kid picks on someone half his size. But the film has nothing of the usual voyeuristic sensationalism à la reality TV; it is rather a patently constructed, analytical montage of reality that opens out into times and spaces, and provides food for thought. Ghetto is divided into six loosely interwoven chapters. Each of the six chapters has its own coloring, its own pace and actors, its own treatment of the raw material. And each has its own distinctive scenery – interspersed shots of the geographical or architectural environment in which the young protagonists live. –First Hand Films

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, Ghetto sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In USA you can stream it on GuideDoc and DocAlliance Films and rent or buy it from DocAlliance Films. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Ghetto page.