Director : Stacy Peralta

Film Summary
With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles. Narrated by Forest Whitaker. Directed by Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z Boys, Riding Giants)

“A shocking, absorbing and absolutely necessary film.” (Salon)

“Amazing music selections match perfectly with the images. As ever with Peralta, it's as impossible to take in everything on a first viewing as it is to look away from the screen.” (Robert Koehler, Variety)

“It's a lot to take in, and Peralta does an admirable job cramming tons of history and insight into his reportage on how the 'hood came to be.” (Ernest Hardy, Village Voice)