Crips and Bloods: Made in America 2008 Watch Free in HD

Jim Brown

17 February 1936, St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA

Tony Muhammad

Kershaun Scott

Forest Whitaker

15 July 1961, Longview, Texas, USA

Stacy Peralta

15 October 1957, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Sam George

Stacy Peralta

15 October 1957, Los Angeles County, California, USA

San Francisco Chronicle

Deals almost entirely in known facts, but it's still a revelatory film.

February 20, 2009

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PopMatters

Stacy Peralta's documentary traces the emergence of gangs in L.A., as well as their contexts and causes.

February 06, 2009

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About.com

Stacy Peralta's insider glimpse at the lives of LA gangs is a genuine shocker.

May 27, 2009

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Denver Post

Peralta is a compassionate filmmaker.

April 03, 2009

Combustible Celluloid

Don't miss this.

February 20, 2009

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Time Out

The self-perpetuating cycle of hopelessness, ignorance and poverty is certainly a depressing spectacle. But it's not a very revelatory one.

January 21, 2009

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Paste Magazine

Stacy Peralta's visual style and sense of storytelling when applied to a weightier subject than surfing or skating actually works surprisingly well.

March 01, 2009

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New York Daily News

The movie feels less like a traditional documentary than an educational video. But it works the way he wants it to: you'll walk out feeling both enlightened and dismayed.

January 23, 2009

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New York Times

With Crips and Bloods: Made in America, the director Stacy Peralta manages to put a human face on a subject that tends to inspire inflamed debate.

January 23, 2009

Boxoffice Magazine

A solid picture that leaves much for discussion, Crips and Bloods maps the paths, even if it leaves some lots vacant along the way.

January 27, 2009

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Oregonian

The film works best as a history lesson of the L.A. black experience, arguing that economic neglect, institutional racism and covert government operations fueled the 1965 and 1992 riots and created the leadership vacuum in which gangs took root.

March 13, 2009

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Boston Globe

Crips and Bloods hasn't been made out of moral anger or a sense of conspiracy. As matters of journalism, sociology, and humanitarianism, the movie is incurious at best. At worst, it's a recruitment video.

April 23, 2009

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