“Down for Life” (2010)

Directed by	Alan Jacobs
Produced by	Scott Alvarez
Screenplay by	Alan Jacobs Trina Calderon
Starring	Jessica Romero Danny Glover Snoop Dogg Elizabeth Pena Laz Alonso Kate del Castillo Emily Rios Lil Rob
Music by	Vito Colapietro Neely Dinkins
Cinematography	Dana Gonzales
Editing by	Clayton Halsey Roger Marshall
Release date(s)	September 12, 2009 (2009-09-12) (TIFF) October 2010 (2010-10) (United States)
Country	United States
Language	English

Down for Life is a 2010 American dramatic film directed by Alan Jacobs based on the true story of a 15-year old Latino gang leader in Watts, Los Angeles. The story follows one day in her life as she struggles to break away from her gang. Made in cinéma vérité style, the film stars many local teens, with veteran actors such as Danny Glover, Laz Alonso, Kate del Castillo, and Snoop Dogg in supporting roles. Down for Life focuses on the gritty reality of gang life and the racial tension surrounding it. Ultimately, the film’s message is one of hope to those in tough circumstances while shedding light on a pressing social issue.

The film spans one day in the life of Anjelica Soto, aka “Rascal” (played by Los Angeles native Jessica Romero), a 15-year old Latino gang leader in Watts, as she struggles to survive. Surrounded by escalating violence and racial tensions, Rascal realizes her days in the gang are numbered. Encouraged by her English teacher (Danny Glover) to apply for a writing program in Iowa, Rascal hopes to use the material from her life to write her way out of Watts. The forces around Rascal thrust her into a deadly cycle of violence that seems almost impossible to escape. To leave, she will have to make the dangerous decision to renounce her loyalty to the gang.

Walk Proud (1979)

Director:

Robert E. Collins

Writer:

Evan Hunter

Stars:

Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb and Henry Darrow

 

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 1979 (Denmark) See more »

Also Known As:

Gururla yürü See more »

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.

Zoot Suit (1981)

Director:

Luis Valdez

Writer:

Luis Valdez (play)

Stars:

Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos and Charles Aidman

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 1982 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Chicanos Story

A kind of musical accompanying the story of the early 1940's and the effect that the "zoot suit" (a man's suit of long jacket and pegged pants, always worn with a long keychain that looped almost to the ankle.... the rebellious fashion of young men) had on the morals and attitudes of the people of that era

Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends

El taquero (2004)

Director:

Ignacio Rinza

Stars:

Alicia Cepera, Alejandro Fouget and Rosario Juárez

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

2004 (Mexico) See more »

Filming Locations:

Mexico 

 

 

 

 

El polaquito (2003)

Director:

Juan Carlos Desanzo

Writers:

Juan Carlos Desanzo, Lito Espinosa

Stars:

Abel Ayala, Marina Glezer and Fabián Arenillas

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

9 October 2003 (Argentina) See more »

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

 

At age 13, a street kid known as "El Polaquito" makes lis living mostly by singing tangos (originally sung by his namesake, the singer "El Polaco") on Buenos Aires commuter trains. He falls in love with a 16 year old prostitute, also working for the Mafia controlling child exploitation in one of Argentina's busiest train stations. He tries to rescue her from this cruel life with no future. But to do so, he must confront the ruthless adult gang leaders, as well as the young kids who protect them, believing that this Mafia is truly their only option. The story is supposedly based on a true story, which happened, and was discovered in Argentina in the late 90s, early 2000s

Livin The Life

Director:

Alex Munoz

Writers:

Lynne Ewing (novel), Lynne Ewing (screenplay), and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Katrina Gibson, Jay Hernandez and Melida Prado

Kata has lived her first fifteen years believing that, although she has an amazing ancestry, the only thing that lies in her future is a broken heart, the symbol of the Ninth Street Gang. She and her lifelong friend Ana are two of the toughest members of their gang, fearing nothing but the loss of each other. Car-jacking, fights, and running from the cops are a daily routine as the girls fight to protect their territory and their reputation. Performing as "Outrageous Chaos" in local dance contests provides their only relief, but each night they must return home to the sad reality of their lives

Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)

Directed by	Allison Anders
Written by	Allison Anders
Starring	Angel Aviles Seidy López Jacob Vargas
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date(s)	May 21, 1993 (Cannes Film Festival) July 15, 1994 (U.S.) March 24, 1995 (UK)
Running time	92 mins.
Country	United States  United Kingdom
Language	English

Mi Vida Loca (also known as My Crazy Life) is a 1994 American drama film directed and written by Allison Anders. This film includes Jason Lee's first performance as an actor in a small role alongside director Spike Jonze as a Teenage Drug Customer.

Mi Vida Loca tells the story of young Mexican-American women in Los Angeles and the struggles they have in a life of gangs, drugs, and personal betrayal. Mousie (Seidy López) and Sad Girl (Angel Aviles) are best friends from childhood, growing up in gang-infested Echo Park and remaining loyal to each other. But when Sad Girl sleeps with Mousie's boyfriend (a drug dealer who is killed) and becomes pregnant, their friendship is ruptured. As the violence of their neighborhood erupts around them, they must try to stay together as friends despite their betrayals. This is an unforgiving look at a world where women seem to have no choice but to raise their children, deal drugs, and survive by whatever means available.

Around late 2009 it was announced that the film would be followed by a sequel titled, "Smile Now Cry Later", which is currently in development. Angel Aviles and Seidy López will reprise their roles as Sad Girl and Mousie. The film will once again be directed by Anders.

Barrabas

Director: Giuliano Salvatore
Guión: Giuliano Salvatore
Executive Producción: Jose Ernesto Martinez
Direction of Photography: Virginia Fernandez
Camarógrafo: Jose Gayo
Sound engineer: Danny Rojas
Assembly: Carolina Aular, Jonás R.G, Ana Maria Reyes.
Producing companies: Jemd Films, the Audio-visual Cooperative cell With the Financing of: Independent National center of Cinematography CNAC
Original Music: Kenneth Zambrano. Graphical design: Carlos Zerpa.

Mountain Rafael Toro (Little scamp) is, to his seventy and two years, a writer with more than three decades of experience in Literature and the media. At the same time he is cultor popular, lecturer and social worker, workings that have been worth him their designation like Cultural Patrimony of the Guárico State, Venezuela. Nevertheless, most of the people they know it for other reasons: during the Sixties it was, for mass media and the State, the public enemy number one. Innumerable robberies, escapes, and a murder turned it, in the pages of newspapers, a “monster”. And Serrano Toro paid sentence for that reason: twenty-seven years, of which it fulfilled seventeen until, in 1977, it was pardoned by good behavior. From his liberation, Little scamp has dedicated itself to settle a debt that contracted with the society. Nevertheless, to date, the society has not tried to do the same, and the debt that the country has with him follows effective and without paying itself.

Back in the Hood: Gang War 2 (TV 2004)

Director:

Marc Levin

Documentary

A Discovery Channel documentary that goes deep inside the ruthless Latino gangs of Oakland California amidst a violent gang war between Oakland's three major Latino gangs.

Street Dog 2 (perro Callejero 2)

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• Director: Gilberto Gazcon
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Urban Drama, Crime Drama
• Themes: Starting Over, Street Gangs, Down on Their Luck
• Main Cast: Valentin Trujillo, Erick del Castillo, Blanca Guerra, Sergio Goyri
• Release Year: 1980
• Country: MX
• Run Time: 120 minutes

Plot

The gritty Mexican drama Perro Callejero concerns a young orphan who has been raised in the meanest, poorest streets of Mexico. During the course of the film he is lucky enough to find gainful employment, but his environment and its effect on him makes it harder and harder for him to better himself. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast

• Valentin Trujillo
• Erick del Castillo
• Blanca Guerra
• Sergio Goyri

Credit

Gilberto Gazcon - Director, Gilberto Gazcon - Screenwriter

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