Ghetto Movies

  • 1982
    Dreams Don't Die

    Dreams Don't Die

    Dreams Don't Die

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    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
  • 1970
    Right On!

    Right On!

    Right On!

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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...

    Right On!
  • 1977
    The Police Tapes

    The Police Tapes

    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...

    The Police Tapes
  • 2024
    Chacaleria

    Chacaleria

    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...

    Chacaleria
  • 1993
    There Are No Children Here

    There Are No Children Here

    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...

    There Are No Children Here
  • 1979
    The Deadly Art of Survival

    The Deadly Art of Survival

    The Deadly Art of Survival

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    Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of...

    The Deadly Art of Survival
  • 2005
    Betonhjerter

    Betonhjerter

    Betonhjerter

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    Betonhjerter
  • 1987
    Bombin'

    Bombin'

    Bombin'

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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...

    Bombin'
  • 1974
    Dead Is Dead

    Dead Is Dead

    Dead Is Dead

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

    Dead Is Dead
  • 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
  • 2016
    PYRAMUS & THISBE

    PYRAMUS & THISBE

    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...

    PYRAMUS & THISBE
  • 1996
    Ghetto - The Secret Life of the City

    Ghetto - The Secret Life of the City

    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...

    Ghetto - The Secret Life of the City
  • 2008
    Streets of Rio

    Streets of Rio

    Streets of Rio

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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...

    Streets of Rio
  • 1980
    80 Blocks from Tiffany's

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's

    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...

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's
  • 2010
    Sly Artistic City

    Sly Artistic City

    Sly Artistic City

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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...

    Sly Artistic City
  • 2011
    The House

    The House

    The House

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    The Korean Academy of Film Arts has produced an animation for 3 consecutive years through a collaborative project. Considering the severe reality of...

    The House
  • 2012
    Ein deutscher Boxer

    Ein deutscher Boxer

    Ein deutscher Boxer

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    Ein deutscher Boxer
  • 2005
    Dallas Pashamende

    Dallas Pashamende

    Dallas Pashamende

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    Dallas Pashamende
  • 2010
    Other Angels

    Other Angels

    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...

    Other Angels
  • 2017
    Marcy Me

    Marcy Me

    Marcy Me

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    JAY-Z reminisces on his days as a hustler in Marcy Houses in Brooklyn.

    Marcy Me