Ghetto Movies

  • 1993
    Flyin' Cut Sleeves

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves

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    FLYIN' CUT SLEEVES, completed in 1993, portrays street gang presidents in the Bronx. Their world was the streets, set against a backdrop of uprooted...

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves
  • 2015
    Rubble Kings

    Rubble Kings

    Rubble Kings

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    Through archival footage Nicholson tells the story of the real Warriors that walked the streets of New York City in the 1970s and the harsh reality...

    Rubble Kings
  • 1987
    Bombin'

    Bombin'

    Bombin'

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    First broadcast in 1987 on the UK's Channel 4, Bombin' is a documentary about Afrika Bambaataa's Zulu nation bringing American hip-hop culture to...

    Bombin'
  • 1993
    There Are No Children Here

    There Are No Children Here

    There Are No Children Here

    5.51993HD

    The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of the Chicago ghetto, is powerfully told here by a Wall Street Journal...

    There Are No Children Here
  • 1967
    Way Out

    Way Out

    Way Out

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    A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives.

    Way Out
  • 1933
    Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament

    Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament

    Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament

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    A slapstick burlesque of 19th Century Victorian melodrama featuring a parody of Holmes and Watson who rescue a heroine held by a mustache-twirling...

    Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament
  • 1980
    80 Blocks from Tiffany's

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's

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    This 1979 documentary depicts the daily life of gangs in the South Bronx. It deals primarily with two African American and Puerto Rican gangs known...

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's
  • 2010
    Sly Artistic City

    Sly Artistic City

    Sly Artistic City

    5.52010HD

    Some argue that modern graffiti was born in Philadelphia, where the pioneers of wall-writing became citywide celebrities during the late 1960s and...

    Sly Artistic City
  • 1976
    I'm a Delinquent

    I'm a Delinquent

    I'm a Delinquent

    6.21976HD

    The film tells the story of Ramón Antonio Brizuela, who since childhood has to deal with rampant violence and the drugs, sex and petty...

    I'm a Delinquent
  • 1970
    Right On!

    Right On!

    Right On!

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    Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary...

    Right On!
  • 1995
    Douce France

    Douce France

    Douce France

    4.71995HD

    In this French comedy, the young adult children of working-class Arab immigrants living in the projects of suburban Paris endeavor to find a suitable...

    Douce France
  • 2012
    Ein deutscher Boxer

    Ein deutscher Boxer

    Ein deutscher Boxer

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    Ein deutscher Boxer
  • 2005
    Dallas Pashamende

    Dallas Pashamende

    Dallas Pashamende

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    Dallas Pashamende
  • 1972
    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

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    Leon Gast's musical documentary reveals New York City's Latin culture and features live performances of salsa greats The Fania All Stars and The...

    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
  • 1972
    Slavery In The 70's

    Slavery In The 70's

    Slavery In The 70's

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    Heroin anti-drug educational film

    Slavery In The 70's
  • 1972
    The Vandals

    The Vandals

    The Vandals

    71972HD

    Report on vandalism

    The Vandals
  • 1977
    The Police Tapes

    The Police Tapes

    The Police Tapes

    71977HD

    Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond spent three months in 1976 riding along with patrol officers in the 44th Precinct of the South Bronx, which had the...

    The Police Tapes
  • 2016
    PYRAMUS & THISBE

    PYRAMUS & THISBE

    PYRAMUS & THISBE

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    In this modern adaptation of the classic Greek myth two young lovers bound by a tragic fate plot to escape their homes to start a new life somewhere...

    PYRAMUS & THISBE
  • 2000
    Bronx-Barbès

    Bronx-Barbès

    Bronx-Barbès

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    A drama set in the brutal world of Africa's ghettos, Bronx-Barbes opens with an introduction to Toussaint and Nixon, two teenaged friends who are out...

    Bronx-Barbès
  • 2011
    The House

    The House

    The House

    6.82011HD

    The Korean Academy of Film Arts has produced an animation for 3 consecutive years through a collaborative project. Considering the severe reality of...

    The House