Made in America

[w/o horse]

From lafilmfest.com:

With an outsider's inquisitive concern, Stacy Peralta continues his seasoned investigations into male subcultures to chronicle the emergence of South Central Los Angeles' Crips and Bloods.

Narrated by Forest Whitaker, Made in America places rare archival footage alongside critical interviews with former members and scholars to trace the demoralizing impact of deflated economic opportunities for black communities after WWII and the calculated incarceration and assassination of black political leaders during the 1960s. With black populations cordoned off into segregated locales, L.A. officials then systematically squashed community life and political resistance—leaving young black men to form their own systems of kinship and governance. Fueled by a dehumanizing cycle of economic and political alienation, the 30-year-long daily cycle of neighborhood skirmishes has claimed over 15,000 lives.

Energetic, well researched, and skillfully constructed, Peralta's film provocatively argues that the block-by-block gang warfare that has been holding black communities captive for decades is distinctively American made.

Directed By: Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z-Boys, Riding Giants)
Writers: Stacy Peralta, Sam George

[cinemanarchist]

I sure wish The Fresh Prince and Sam Malone were in this one too.

[cron]

amen, brother.