Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times'Patience paid off; the film shows some of the faces and personalities behind the headlines.' From the genesis of LA's gang culture to the shocking, war-zone reality of daily life in the South L.A., the film chronicles the rise of the Crips and Bloods, tracing the origins of their bloody four-decades long feud. They both believe that the adolescent age group is responsible for the majority of our high crime rate, and I can’t say I disagree. The compelling stories they tell about their life experiences illustrate the evolution of inner city violence spanning many decades. Nicole Cooke, Montclair State University, Educational Media Reviews Online'I watched this movie six times. Strain theories can perfectly explain gang activity and gang violence. Crips and Bloods Made in America (2008): A documentary discussing the relationship of the Bloods and Crips, their beginnings, their most known stunts, and the modern values of each of the gangs all told from the perspective of gangsters. In one of the more powerful moments, the camera lingers on an older former gang member who peers around nervously as police sirens pass and a helicopter circles overhead. 3. The film did all of this...At each viewing, I ended the film with a strong sense of outrage and frustration, later followed by days and weeks of reflection about how I was part of the solution or part of the problem.' It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. The film clearly shows what the root causes, fundamental ideology's and beliefs for the existence of street gangs. The Bay Area native, a former Chronicle paperboy, has worked at The Chronicle since 2000. "Crips and Bloods" is successful as a history lesson, but the documentary (produced by former Golden State Warrior Baron Davis) falters whenever the focus shifts to the present. It explains how a system of racial domination and economic injustice is at the heart of Los Angeles' gang problem. What does that mean for Bay Area winter? Black teenagers still build their own street-based gangs that provoke crime. Paula Garb, Department of Anthropology, co-Director and co-Founder, Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, University of California - Irvine'More than merely a profile of L.A. gang violence, the program delves into murkier waters of self-esteem, single-parent households, guns, drugs, imprisonment, and survivors, including wrenching interviews with mothers of murdered gang members. They both understand that you need either opportunity or a close personal relationship with someone in the community, and they also need an actual need for some of the crime they commit, like in a poverty stricken communities the adolescents might just steal or rob a company because they need food for dinner or to feed a family rather than just to rob a store for their money and spending it on drug addictions. Both theories could fix themselves in many areas, but are mostly quite stable on their own. This was basically a documentary based on the history of the Crips and Bloods gangs in the United States, and just figuring out how they came to be. But he still has something important to offer, showing point by point how one of the most desirable places to live turned into a war zone with 15,000 casualties. The adolescents being born into certain gangs keeps the crime rate at a constant level, where there is almost no chance the police would ever be able to rid of crime completely without just shifting the crime to another area because the gang members would just move to another city. Included in Collections: He doesn't say a word, but his look - guarded and weary and defeated - says everything. Thankfully, there's always a fascinating moment around the corner, even when the movie starts to drag. In combination with items such as Scott's/Shakur's autobiography and other street-level accounts of gang life, the film would make an excellent teaching tool, as well as a stirring presentation for public audiences...Suitable for some mature high school classes (some strong language included) and for college courses in cultural anthropology, anthropology of race and ethnicity, anthropology of violence, and African-American or American culture studies, as well as general audiences.' First off, in this era there are way more types of criminals then the three they originally came up with to base the research off of. When explaining lower-class crime and delinquency the two theories focus on two different reasons. If you lived in a community with a tight bond between generations it was way more likely for an adolescent to believe they are simply just “following in the footsteps of their family” than actually doing something they shouldn’t. This theory believed that the elders of a community could influence you from the beginning and mold your feelings about crime. One of the documentaries is Crips and Bloods: Made in America. This is documentary filmmaking that is powerful and evocative, and stands as a movie that should be required viewing.' G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle 'Gripping...Does much to contextualize the origins of Los Angeles gangs within the city's African American history.' Therefore, I strongly recommend that this film be shown primarily to parents/especially fathers, elected politicians, the policy makers of this country, educators, mental health professionals and young people.' This was basically a documentary based on the history of the Crips and Bloods gangs in the United States, and just figuring out how they came to be. But if you prefer the classic Docuseek interface, that's doable. Robert Koehler, Variety'With the help of various talking heads culled from academia and from the mean streets, he manages to put a human face on a subject that tends to inspire inflamed debate and has produced calamitous laws and policies, along with a lot of pop culture.' Most of the first third focuses on the formation of street gangs in the 1950s and '60s. Then there was the problem of always having stores, gas stations and other areas of business on these streets that would cause a divided society among the two gangs by each claiming certain gas stations or sides of the streets as their own, making it almost a death threat if someone from the opposing gang dared to cross that threshold. While certainly about money, power, drugs, gang life, as exemplified by the Bloods and Crips, it is also about family and is rife with psychological, sociological and anthropological issues. Davis, Baron (Producer) “Crips and Bloods: Made in America,” a documentary feature airing tonight on the PBS series "Independent Lens," begins with the arresting picture -- not a picture of an arrest, although those come soon enough -- of downtown Los Angeles hanging upside down in the sky. He joined a different kind of "club," which developed into the Crips and the Bloods. Overall both theories show a very strong understanding of what crime and gang violence is like. It is authentic and direct in presenting the history and foundation of these two violent street gangs in America. Whitaker, Forest (Narrator). It's a biased film that fans of Peralta's excellent "Dogtown and Z-Boys" may consider a step back for the director. The differential opportunity theory was a little more accurately portrayed in this particular movie solely because a majority of time the organized crime already exists before the children are even born into it. "A spoon full of hatred.". All in all, “Crips and Bloods: made in America” is a documentary that provides valuable information about criminal activity that can be backed up by social theories. At Bay Area theaters.) The social disorganization theory is one theory that has some very strong evidence towards its 4 opinions but it also has many things it lacks, one of the main issues being a backbone. Hartlaub and columnist Heather Knight co-created the Total SF project and event series, engaging with locals to explore and find new ways to celebrate San Francisco. Crips and Bloods also speaks to the need of addressing what is truly helpful to young people, especially young men of color. 93 minutes. The lowrider icon pleading with SF's Latino... See inside a Victorian with ties to Houdini, Manson... A new Marvel movie is reportedly filming in San... 'A light when we needed it most': New viral mural on... Maki the lemur makes an appearance on 'Saturday... 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Fellow big heads: These $1.50 face mask extenders can help, This mask with a 9,000-person waiting list is back in stock, Buy a Hyper eBike while they're 50% off – less than $400 each. John Hagedorn, Dept of Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Author, A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and the Gangsta Culture and People and Folks: Gangs, Crime, and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City'This is one of the most powerful documentaries on the history of street gangs that I have ever watched. And it's a perfect case study for urban and African-American Studies...Very comprehensive and beautifully produced...This film is highly recommended and appropriate for any library media collection.' With Jim Brown, Tony Muhammad, Kershaun Scott, Forest Whitaker. "That's my diet," he says, still unable to mask the anger in his voice. 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.