"Slippin' Ghettocam 1993" (28 min., color): Video footage shot by gang members themselves Audio: DD2
Genre:
Culture & Society Release Date: 03/03/2007 Dubbed: English Sound: DD2 Run Time: 84 min Distributor/Studio: Kino
In the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, filmmakers Joachim and Tommy Sowards trained their lens on the volatile South Central L.A. neighborhood known as "The Twenties" in order to explore the lifestyle and motivations of the gang whose instantly-recognizable name has become synonymous with street violence: The Bloods. A violent, trigger-happy group whose penchant for drug dealing and drive bys has locked them into an eternal conflict with the equally-feared Crips, the Bloods are profiled by the Sowards brothers in a non-judgmental manner that allows their words and actions to speak for themselves. There's no preaching or moralizing to be found here, just straight forward truth. Filmed over the course of an entire decade, Slippin' watches as the body count rises and new inductees arrive to carry old grudges into the next generation, all the while exploring just how something as simple as colors - of both rags and skin - can lead to so much death and destruction.
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