Crips and Bloods: Made in America

2008

Action / Crime / Documentary

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73% · 21 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 2988 3K

gang war hoodlum

Plot 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.

Director

Stacy Peralta Photo
Stacy Peralta

Top cast

Jim Brown Photo
Jim Brown as Himself
Forest Whitaker Photo
Forest Whitaker as Narrator
Tony Muhammad Photo
Tony Muhammad as Himself
Kershaun Scott Photo
Kershaun Scott as Himself
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746.86 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.41 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by moorghen 8 / 10

LA Film Festival Screening

Saw the film tonight at the LA Film Festival and really enjoyed it. It provides a history of LA gang culture from a social perspective, then jumps all the way back to slavery. It's not New Jack City or a history of crack. It's the story of a marginalized community right smack in the middle of the American dream machine. Although the stories are bleak and depressing, the film is one of the most positive efforts I've seen in years. Very different from Peralta's previous docs. He even refused to answer skateboarding questions from audience members and brought a lot of the main characters up on stage to take questions from the audience. I hope this doc gets the attention it deserves.
Reviewed by toddbradley 8 / 10

great documentary that covers a lot of ground and ends on a positive note

I watched this documentary as part of the Independent Lens series on PBS, and thought it was great. The film covers a lot of topics related to the gang of South Central Los Angeles, from their earliest history to the socio-economic causes to the effect it has on real families. And it ends with a sense of hope that the people of that community can in fact put an end to the cycle.It would be easy to do a documentary on this topic that reeks of white guilt or points fingers or cozies up to the gang members. But instead, this film takes a very neutral viewpoint. That's part of what makes it great. Plus, it's very well done technically. The soundtrack is outstanding, the narration is good, and the audio is unusually good for a documentary.I give it an 8/10.
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