Ghetto Movies

  • 2008
    Skirt Day

    Skirt Day

    Skirt Day

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    A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.

    Skirt Day
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1974
    Uptown Saturday Night

    Uptown Saturday Night

    Uptown Saturday Night

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    Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

    Uptown Saturday Night
  • 1959
    Cry Tough

    Cry Tough

    Cry Tough

    5.81959HD

    After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.

    Cry Tough
  • 1978
    Youngblood

    Youngblood

    Youngblood

    4.21978HD

    An angry Vietnam veteran leads a Los Angeles street gang in a war on drug dealers.

    Youngblood
  • 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
  • 2004
    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

    9.72004HD

    Tension builds as threats are carried out, stakes are raised and communication breaks down. In Los Santos a drive-by shooting in Grove Street...

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
  • 2005
    Betonhjerter

    Betonhjerter

    Betonhjerter

    02005HD

    Johnny and Muhammed grow up as friends in the Danish concrete ghetto, where life is harsh and filled with violence and drugs. While Johnny has given...

    Betonhjerter
  • 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
  • 1985
    Story of a Junkie

    Story of a Junkie

    Story of a Junkie

    5.91985HD

    Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin...

    Story of a Junkie
  • 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)
  • 1982
    Dreams Don't Die

    Dreams Don't Die

    Dreams Don't Die

    6.2861982HD

    Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in...

    Dreams Don't Die
  • 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
  • 1977
    A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

    A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

    A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

    5.4441977HD

    A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.

    A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
  • 1977
    Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

    Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

    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...

    Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
  • 1974
    Dead Is Dead

    Dead Is Dead

    Dead Is Dead

    61974HD

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

    Dead Is Dead
  • 1986
    The Writing on the Wall

    The Writing on the Wall

    The Writing on the Wall

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    "In this half-hour documentary, Producer Sandra King provides an intimate portrait of a public phenomenon: Graffiti. Over an 18 month period, King...

    The Writing on the Wall
  • 1986
    No Picnic

    No Picnic

    No Picnic

    6.61986HD

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

    No Picnic
  • 1979
    Harlem Nocturne

    Harlem Nocturne

    Harlem Nocturne

    01979HD

    A French animated short film delves into a family living in Harlem's black ghetto, where a girl faces the choice between freedom and death. Features...

    Harlem Nocturne