Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Part of the BAMcinématek series Afro-Punk Festival
Sat, Jul 4 at 4:30pm
Directed by Stacy Peralta
(2008) 93min
"Peralta does an admirable job cramming tons of history and insight into his reportage on how the 'hood' came to be." —Village Voice
LA native Peralta returns home to examine the complex roots of South Central Los Angeles. Narrated by Forest Whitaker, the film weaves together the stories of African American transplants who fled the South for California, with first-hand accounts from the community’s earliest activists.
San Francisco Chronicle on Crips and Bloods: Made in America
"...a revelatory film." More
Variety on Crips and Bloods: Made in America
"A doc with the thrust of entertainment, but the content of a thoughtfully researched book." More