Directed by critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta and Executive Produced by NBA star Baron Davis and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Stephen Luczo, Crips and Bloods: Made in America tells the story of the Crips and Bloods, South Los Angeles’ two most infamous African-American gangs.
This film provides access into the worlds of active gangs, Crips and Bloods: Made in America offers a compelling, character-driven documentary narrative which chronicles the decades-long cycle of destruction and despair that defines modern gang culture .
Peralta chronicles the rise of the Crips and Bloods, tracing the origins of their bloody four-decades long feud.Contemporary and former gang members offer their testimony that provides the film with a stark portrait of modern-day gang life: the turf wars and territorialism, the inter-gang hierarchy and family structure, the rules of behavior, the culture of guns, death and dishonor.
Throughout the film ex-gang members, gang intervention experts, writers, activists and academics analyze many of the issues that contributed to the rise of the gangs: the erosion of identity over the years, the self-perpetuating legacy of black self-hatred, the disappearance of a father figure and an almost pervasive prison culture in which today one out of every four black men will be imprisoned at some point in his life.
Finally the gang members themselves articulate a better way of life for the generations of youngsters to come. They provide Crips and Bloods: Made in America with its ultimate statement: a message of hope and caution for the next generation.
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