The two comments (so far) state exactly the opposite...one says it's the history, etc...and the other says there's no history, etc...what's the real-deal-here???
It's a Sunshine life for me...If I could get away from this Cloud over me...
I have seen this doc. and a large portion of it is about the history. As for the person that gave it a poor review... I don't know what movie they were watching.
This is a great documentary... very informative... and on a subject that is terribly overlooked.
Peralta does it again. His highly stylized technique seems to work even better with weighty subject matter, such as this. I'm not sure about that bad review, but we're all entitled to our opinions. I do think he missed the point of the film, though. I've lived in Los Angeles from the Watts riots through Rodney King and I took away a deeper understanding of the city I live in, and it's problems. I think Stacy should be commended for his grass-roots marketing campaign, as well. He, and his producers, are really trying to get this seen in the communities that desperately need to educate these kids on what is waiting for them when they step into a life on the street. If you want to get involved, in any way, you can visit the website below to volunteer, offer resources, or just educate yourselves. We all want peace in the Middle East, but don't we all want it in South Central, too?
http://www.cripsandbloodsmovie.com/
>We all want peace in the Middle East, but don't we all want it in South >Central, too?
The gang problem is all over the US. With organized drug trade, there'll be gun trade to arm the gangs to "solve" territorial conflics.
Ditto on everything everyone said above. If we're not willing to look at the root causes in society, as well as in the individual, we'll never solve the problem. The film does a great job of going back to the beginning though, before the gangs were formed, which sadly now is almost half a century ago, by some measures. Babies are not born gangsters, they learn it. It's essentially "environmental". And then it gets internalized and becomes part of the individual's makeup. But it can be unlearned, or better yet, not learned to begin with. The cycle has to be interrupted though. Some how, some way. Society has to intervene, to help them, they can't do it themselves if the same forces that helped create the problem are not addressed, again in both society and the individual. A few can break free, but they are rare and the exception. I think the film does a great job of laying the problem out there for everyone to see and hopefully opening some doors to some possible solutions. Kudos to the filmmaker for laying the groundwork.
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