Movies: Ghetto
- 2001
Normal People (2001)
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The plot follows Steva, who is in love with an actress, Duja, who adores his motorcycle, and Bane, who plans to steal the motorcycle. Nikola desperately searches for a job, while Toma is in love with Mira, who is in an abusive relationship and occasi...
- 2017
Marcy Me (2017)
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JAY-Z reminisces on his days as a hustler in Marcy Houses in Brooklyn....
- 1993
There Are No Children Here (1993)
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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...
- 1970
Right On! (1970)
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Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary Concept-East Poetry appearance at New York's Paperback Theater in 1969. Described as “a conspiracy of...
- 1967
Way Out (1967)
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A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives....
- 2016
PYRAMUS & THISBE (2016)
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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....
- 1933
Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament (1933)
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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 villain in a den of caricatured Chinese gangsters....
- 1995
Douce France (1995)
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In this French comedy, the young adult children of working-class Arab immigrants living in the projects of suburban Paris endeavor to find a suitable cultural identity. The story centers on four young men in their 20s: Farida, who tries to live accor...
- 1977
The Police Tapes (1977)
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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....
- 2008
Streets of Rio (2008)
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Rio de Janeiro. Confronted with the violence that exists in the favela where he lives, Tiago sees the only way out to become a soccer player and, in this way, help his family to have a better life. Although he is the best player in his neighborhood a...
- 1972
Slavery In The 70's (1972)
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Heroin anti-drug educational film...
- 2005
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
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- 2010
Sly Artistic City (2010)
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Some argue that modern graffiti was born in Philadelphia, where the pioneers of wall-writing became citywide celebrities during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Graffiti eventually consumed the city, and a new mayor made it his top priority to fight b...
- 2024
Chacaleria (2024)
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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 ...
- 2021
GOLDS (2021)
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"Golds" follows Mercy, a young boy who lives in a poor neighborhood with his ill mom who can not afford the medical attention she needs. Mercy comes up with a creative way to raise money for his mom....
- 1976
I'm a Delinquent (1976)
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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...
- 1972
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) (1972)
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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 ...
- 1999
Cour Interdite (1999)
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Cour interdite is about drugs, naïve dreams, and the demise of values. A young Arab from the Paris suburbs, where poverty, unemployment and drugs are very much the reality, Djamel Ouahab saw many people around him dying, which led him to this project...
- 1992
Cop It Sweet (1992)
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In the winter of 1991 an ABC film crew spent six weeks following Sydney's Redfern police. The inner city patrol of Redfern is predominantly working class with a large aboriginal and migrant population. The police in this film are general duties off...
- 1974
Dead Is Dead (1974)
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An educational video exploring drug addiction, including footage of real-life addicts going through rehab therapy....