Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Theatrical Release: 09/19/2003(USA
Release Date: 12/23/2003
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS2.0
Run Time: 120 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Live/Artisan
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Director at the
2001 Urbanworld Film Festival,
Blue Hill Avenue focuses on the rise of the drug trade in Boston, as seen through the eyes of three childhood friends. The time is the late '70s, and
Tristan (
Allen Payne),
Money (
Aaron D. Spears),
E-Bone (
William Johnson), and
Simon (
Michael Taliferro) are all high-school pals and petty thieves on the mean streets of the city's South Side. Their antics bring them to the attention of
Benny (
Clarence Williams III), a charismatic drug dealer who takes the four friends under his wing. The most straight-and-narrow of the bunch,
Tristan manages to keep his nefarious trade under the radar of his parents. As the years pass, however, the dealers introduce crack to their line of narcotics, and
Tristan's sense of guilt over his neighborhood's demise leads to an inevitable betrayal of
Benny, followed by a grisly showdown.
~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
;)
