Country: USA
Year: 2008
Duration: 105'
A cluster of neighborhoods lies in the heart of Southern California,
streets and boulevards forming a grid between concrete ribbons of
freeway. These neighborhoods in South Los Angeles are home to two
of America’s most infamous African-American gangs, the Crips and
the Bloods. On these streets over the past 30 years, more than 15,000
people have been murdered in an ongoing cycle of gang violence.
Archival footage and in-depth interviews of gang members portray
the story of South Los Angeles and the gangs that inhabit it.
“I set out to make Made in America to answer the following questions:
if affluent, middle-class white American teenagers were forming gangs,
arming themselves with automatic weapons and killing one another,
how would our country respond? Would our government step
in to investigate the crisis, counsel the victims, heal the community,
and direct funds towards a lasting solution? Or would our government
allow this violence to continue unabated, decade after decade?
To me the answer is obvious; I don’t believe our government would
allow such a thing.
Biography
film director
Stacy Peralta
Stacy Peralta (Los Angeles, California, USA, 1957) grew up between Venice Beach, Santa Monica and the streets of West Los Angeles and soon became a skateboard pro. He retired from professional skateboarding in the early 1980s and, along with George Powell, founded Powell-Peralta, a skateboard equipment company. In 1984 he produced The Bones Brigade Video Show. He became a full-time writer and director in 1990 and has worked as a producer for many TV networks. In 2000 he wrote and directed Dogtown & Z-Boys, a documentary about the rise of the modern skateboard culture that won the Audience Award and the Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival. In 2004 he realized his second documentary, Riding Giants.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Bones Brigade Video Show (doc., 1984), SK8 TV (doc., TV, 1990), Nickelodeon Wild Side Show (doc., TV, 1992), Mr Show with Bob and David (ep. We Regret to Inform You,
TV, 1995), When Disasters Strike (TV, 1996), America’s Teenagers Growing up on Television (TV, 1998), Influences: From Yesterday to Today (TV, 1999), The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television (doc., TV, 2000), Dogtown & Z-Boys (id., doc., 2001), Riding Giants (id., doc., 2004), Made in America (doc., 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Stacy Peralta
soggetto/story Stacy Peralta, Sam George
fotografia/cinematography Tony Hardmon
montaggio/film editing T.J. Mahar
musica/music Matter
suono/sound Caleb A. Mose
voce/voice Forest Whitaker
interpreti/cast
Ron Wilkins, Bird, Kumasi, Big Girch, T. Rodgers, Gee Active, Caddy, Bandana, Shaka Blood, James, Scrap, Bo Taylor, Tony Muhammad, Aqeela Sherrills, Aquil Basheer, Naji, Vicky Lindsey, Catherine Avery, Leon Bing
produttori/producers Baron Davis, Dan Halsted, Stacy Peralta, Jesse Dylan
produzione/production Verso Entertainment, Balance Vector Productions
vendita all’estero/world sales T&C Pictures International
soggetto/story Stacy Peralta, Sam George
fotografia/cinematography Tony Hardmon
montaggio/film editing T.J. Mahar
musica/music Matter
suono/sound Caleb A. Mose
voce/voice Forest Whitaker
interpreti/cast
Ron Wilkins, Bird, Kumasi, Big Girch, T. Rodgers, Gee Active, Caddy, Bandana, Shaka Blood, James, Scrap, Bo Taylor, Tony Muhammad, Aqeela Sherrills, Aquil Basheer, Naji, Vicky Lindsey, Catherine Avery, Leon Bing
produttori/producers Baron Davis, Dan Halsted, Stacy Peralta, Jesse Dylan
produzione/production Verso Entertainment, Balance Vector Productions
vendita all’estero/world sales T&C Pictures International