Worst documentary ever?


After watching this liberal, guilty white guy garbage it got me thinking, is this the worst documentary ever? The subject matter should have been interesting, as the history of two of the most prolific gangs in America should have been pretty fascinating if it was presented honestly, instead of as "blame white people for everything" propaganda.

Since this whole movie is basically one long blatant lie, shouldn't that qualify it for the title of worst documentary ever?

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i guess you are white, middle class, male - living in a suburb or a nice part of a city, go to work everyday and you have the possibility to make a nice living for yourself.

just imagine yourself in a neighbourhood without the possibility to get proper education in a school, beeing confronted with a broken family, raised by a mother that has to prostitute herself or is taking drugs just in order to get trough the day.

dont look at this documentory with closed eyes. some numbers dont lie. and in america things tend to be extreme.

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YT goes through all kinds of murderous and trecherous twists and mechanizations to make sure he runs the damn society then got a problem when ish is wrong people look at him. GTFOH

You may not bet on me but don't bet against me.

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I'm shocked, although I shouldn't be, at the people here who hate this documentary. "Crips and Bloods: Made in America" is a kind of Rorschach Test: you see in it what you are able and willing to see. I was very impressed with this film as it places the development of violent gangs like the Crips and Bloods into its proper historical context. The roots of the Watts Rebellion, through the eyes and voices and faces of some of those who participated in it, is told eloquently. The destruction through assassinations, trumped up criminal charges, and prison and forced exile, of the politically conscious leaders of the 1960s such as King, Malcolm X and Fred Hampton by the government or through government collusion, helps to explain the rise of the Crips and Bloods because of the vacuum of politically conscious leaders. The history of white supremacy - and its ongoing relevance in the voices of those who can't stand the truth of this film - are told here in ways relevant to the persistence of these gangs.

Those who think that the fact that Baron Davis and Stacy Peralta made this film somehow disqualifies the film as a serious work are engaging in ad hominem attacks and really ought to learn a few things about black history and the role of the PTB to maintain racial oppression. This film is terrific and I congratulate Davis and Peralta for it!

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Couldn't have said it better. It seems from the comments, those that discredit the film are those who refuse to see the truth in it. It's too painful to imagine that our country is not the land of freedom it is portrayed to be. Those who find that hard to swallow aren't even willing to entertain an alternate narrative even from the people that lived through it. Well said!

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There is truth in this documentary, but there is also deception. The historical narrative leaves out major critical elements. Its validity is debatable.

I'm not denying the horrendous treatment of African Americans in this country, to do so would be absurd. Its continues to be a stain on our nation.

But to blame literally everything that has gone wrong on the white man devil in not only unproductive, but disingenuous.

When Peralta makes the claim that African Americans in Los Angeles shunned low paying, service sector jobs because they felt entitled to better, he lost a lot of credibility. What entitled them to better? They lacked education and training for better paying jobs, people work hard and sacrifice for such jobs. So, it seems black folk in LA just want another handout for something they haven't earned.

African Americans themselves need to be at least a tiny bit accountable for their repeated failures, in education, business, etc. Other ethnic minorities who faced repression at the hand of the white man devil have risen up and improved their lot. Why are African Americans still near poverty levels and incarceration rates they were 40 or 50 years ago? Why are there still inner-city war zones in big cities across the nation?

I believe the ineptitude and corruption among African American leaders is a big part of it. 50 years of the failed welfare state, which has decimated the African American family unit is another huge part of the problem.

These issues aren't even mentioned in the is documentary. Peralta's narrative is essentially the same as that of 'Black Lives Matter', basically that African Americans are always victims and deserve to be on the government dole forever.

The actions of the BLM folks are setting race relations back decades. These people seem less concerned about making the lives of African Americans better, than about pushing their own dangerous agenda.

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