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Crips and Bloods: Made in America is a 2008 documentary by Stacy Peralta that examines the rise of the Crips and Bloods, prominent gangs in America who have been at war with each other. The documentary focuses on the external factors that caused African-American youth to turn to gangs and questions the political and law enforcement response to ...
American Gangster is a documentary television series that aired on BET. The show features some of Black America's most infamous and powerful gangsters and organized crime groups. [1] It is narrated by Ving Rhames. The series premiere, on November 28, 2006, amassed around one million viewers.
Drug Lords is a 2018 American docu-series exploring real-life drug-dealing cartels and kingpins such as Pablo Escobar, El Chapo, the Cali Cartel, Frank Lucas and the Pettingill family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The history of Black cinema is just as diverse, and thanks to streaming (for all its faults), film fans can watch films and documentaries made by both legendary and up-and-coming Black filmmakers.
The 2015 Netflix documentary looks at all sides of Simone: the powerful activist, the civil rights leader, and perhaps her most-widely regarded moniker, the legendary chanteuse whose style is ...
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story is a 2004 American biographical crime drama television film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall, written by J.T. Allen, and starring Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young and CCH Pounder. [2] The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and was later broadcast on the FX network on April ...
Further prompting upset is that one non-Black gang member of color in the film — a man named Cortez (played by Mexican American actor Julio César Cedillo) — meets an early end in the two-hour ...
This is a list of hood films.These films focus on the culture and life of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and, in some cases, Asian-Americans or White Americans who live in segregated, low-income urban communities.