Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Release date: 2009-08-14
Votes: 35
Genres: Documentary
With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
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