Crash

The movie begins with Detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle) and his partner Ria (Jennifer Esposito) being involved in a minor collision with a car being driven by Kim Lee (Alexis Rhee). A subsequent exchange of racially charged insults occurs. Waters arrives at a crime scene where the body of a "dead kid" has been discovered. Earlier the previous day, Farhad (Shaun Toub), a Persian shop owner, and his daughter Dorri (Bahar Soomekh) are in a gun shop arguing over what bullets they should buy. The gun store owner grows impatient and degrades the two of them by referring to Farhad as "Osama." Farhad is forced to leave the store and Dorri becomes responsible for the choice.