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  2. American Gangster (film) - Wikipedia

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    American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian.The film is loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark ...

  3. List of black Academy Award winners and nominees - Wikipedia

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    First Black actor to direct himself to an Oscar nomination (for acting only). First Black actor to be nominated for both acting and producing (Best Picture) in the same year. 2017: Roman J. Israel, Esq. Roman J. Israel Nominated First Black actor to be nominated two years in a row (nominated the same years as first Black actress). Daniel Kaluuya

  4. The Best Gangster Movies of All Time Show a Twisted Side of ...

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    These are the best gangster movies of all time from The Godfather, New Jack City, The Untouchables, Casino, among others.

  5. American Gangster (film)

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    American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian. The film is loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas , a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War ...

  6. List of hood films - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Category : Films about African-American organized crime

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    American Gangster (film) B. Belly (film) Black Caesar (film) The Black Godfather; Bones (2001 film) C. The Candy Tangerine Man; Coonskin (film) The Cotton Club (film) D.

  8. Oscar DeGruy - Wikipedia

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    Oscar DeGruy (born 1950) [1] is an American actor who has appeared in over a dozen films and TV shows over 30 years, [2] started the BaháΚΌí Youth Workshop performance model in 1974, and has assisted hip hop artists.

  9. African-American organized crime - Wikipedia

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    Grand Theft Auto V (2013) is mostly centered around Black American organized crime, with one of the main protagonists of the game, Franklin Clinton, being part of a Black American gang. Among the antagonists in Watch Dogs (2014) are the Black Viceroys, who were originally a civil-rights group until they turned to crime after their founder was ...