Movies: Ghetto

  • 1977
    Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

    Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977)

    Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

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    A young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of himself, until one day he gets a job as an assistant in a veterinarian's office, and working with all the animals begins to affect his outlook on life....

    Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
  • 1986
    No Picnic

    No Picnic (1986)

    No Picnic

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    A cinematic love letter to a pre-gentrification New York City...

    No Picnic
  • 1987
    Bombin'

    Bombin' (1987)

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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 the UK for first time. The main focus is the graffiti art of Brim and the variety of reactions he is f...

    Bombin'
  • 2016
    PYRAMUS & THISBE

    PYRAMUS & THISBE (2016)

    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 far from their families....

    PYRAMUS & THISBE
  • 1972
    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) (1972)

    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 Spanish Speaking People of New York. A document of urban American Hispanic culture, Gast's film captures ...

    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
  • 2010
    Other Angels

    Other Angels (2010)

    Other Angels

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    Sanem is a working girl sharing a flat with three transvestites in Istanbul. Every day she dreams of a savior who will take her away. One day a young man named Gokhan moves into the neighborhood, and soon Sanem gets his attention. This will be the be...

    Other Angels
  • 2023
    Shielding the Flame

    Shielding the Flame (2023)

    Shielding the Flame

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    Shielding the Flame
  • 1976
    I'm a Delinquent

    I'm a Delinquent (1976)

    I'm a Delinquent

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    The film tells the story of Ramón Antonio Brizuela, who since childhood has to deal with rampant violence and the drugs, sex and petty thievery of a Caracas slum. Starting with delinquency, Ramón moves on to serious gang activity and robberies. He gr...

    I'm a Delinquent
  • 1993
    There Are No Children Here

    There Are No Children Here (1993)

    There Are No Children Here

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    The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of the Chicago ghetto, is powerfully told here by a Wall Street Journal reporter who first met the boys in 1985 when they were 10 and 7, respectively. Their family includes a mo...

    There Are No Children Here
  • 1993
    Flyin' Cut Sleeves

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves (1993)

    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 families, cultural alienation, drugs and violence. Neighborhood teenagers responded by organizing int...

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves
  • 1977
    The Police Tapes

    The Police Tapes (1977)

    The Police Tapes

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    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 highest crime rate in New York City at that time....

    The Police Tapes
  • 2009
    Ghetto Ballet

    Ghetto Ballet (2009)

    Ghetto Ballet

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    Gehtto Ballet follows the inter-linked stories of a number of students in a groundbreaking program called Dance For All. The raison d'etre of the program - founded by Philip Boyd and his late wife Phyllis Spira - is to give disadvantaged kids in the ...

    Ghetto Ballet
  • 1980
    80 Blocks from Tiffany's

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's (1980)

    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 as the "Savage Skulls" and the "Savage Nomads"....

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's
  • 2005
    Dallas Pashamende

    Dallas Pashamende (2005)

    Dallas Pashamende

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    On a garbage dump, people try to make a living in the poorest of conditions....

    Dallas Pashamende
  • 1996
    Ghetto - The Secret Life of the City

    Ghetto - The Secret Life of the City (1996)

    Ghetto - The Secret Life of the City

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    Belgrade in the 1990s seen through the eyes of Goran Čavajda 'Čavke', the late drummer of Serbian rock band "Electric Orgasm". Under dictatorship of Slobodan Milošević, his city became one of the worst places to live in Europe, while the country suff...

    Ghetto - The Secret Life of the City
  • 1974
    Dead Is Dead

    Dead Is Dead (1974)

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    An educational video exploring drug addiction, including footage of real-life addicts going through rehab therapy....

    Dead Is Dead
  • 1972
    The Vandals

    The Vandals (1972)

    The Vandals

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    Report on vandalism...

    The Vandals
  • 2024
    Chacaleria

    Chacaleria (2024)

    Chacaleria

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    Chacaleria is a crime film about Antonia, a self-made entrepreneur who, after losing her livelihood to the COVID-19 pandemic, wants to secure her financial future by selling and distributing alcohol illegally using a drone during Panama's nationally ...

    Chacaleria
  • 2024
    Drive Inside

    Drive Inside (2024)

    Drive Inside

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    KYRIE and SHAKA come from two different worlds. Kyrie insists that no one picks him up directly from his home in East Cleveland and Shaka, who is far more well off, is more than willing to flaunt what he has and throw out money on the newest games an...

    Drive Inside
  • 2015
    I Declare War

    I Declare War (2015)

    I Declare War

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    A low-budget film about a father who's proffession is unknown to his 3 daughters. He is a don in the BMF (Black Mafia Family) in New York. But his family is about to find out, as some lowgrade criminals want to take his spot at the top....

    I Declare War