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1) Clockers
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Two brothers grow up together in the same Brooklyn housing projects, but they are as opposite as good and evil. Victor Dunham has a family, works two jobs and leads a respectable life. His 19-year-old brother, Strike, hangs out with his friends on a bench and sells crack cocaine. Strike agrees to kill a rival dealer as a favor to Rodney, the neighborhood drug kingpin, but when the man is murdered, it is Victor who confesses. Detective Rocco Kleine...
4) Super-fly
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Investigates the life, times and criminal career of Frank Lucas and some of the claims to fame made about him in the film, American gangster. His connection to La Cosa Nostra, the money he made in the drug trade and the development of the Asian drug pipeline are all explored.
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Double deal : rivals for a pretty singer get mixed up in gangster trouble. One of the beaus is a crook who robs a jewelry store and frames the other boyfriend. The girl sorts the truth out for herself. Mistaken identity : Louis the piano player is murdered by a knife-throwing killer in the middle of a show at Bill Smith's nightclub. Suspicion immediately falls on Mike, an excaped convict, mainly due to stories being phoned into the city desk by...
6) Clockers
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English
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In this film by Spike Lee, drug-dealers engage in a power struggle with their boss, even as the leader is suspected of murder.
7) Gunland
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English
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Most would believe that hip-hop and its glorification of violence, guns and carnage is to blame for Chicago's gun-toting culture. However, this film goes beyond the headlines and stereotypes to discover that much more lies beneath the surface. The documentary attempts to discover the real reasons behind why young men and women of color are dying at the hands of their peers.
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