Gangs 'N Cinema: Dead Homiez / War Stories

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A double feature of two of the most up-close documentary films on LA Crips & Bloods street gangs: Dead Homiez and War Stories. Dead Homiez follows the life of a 17-year-old member of the "Bloods," and his, his family's and his friends' constant struggles to survive the violence-riddled streets. War Stories features Monster Cody, author of the #1 best seller: MONSTER: Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member. This video is the closest you will ever get to gang life without wearing a red or blue rag.

L.A. Street Life: Vol. 1, Dead Homiez & Pimps Up, Ho's Down - 2 Seperate Documentary DVDs In Set

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L.A. Street Life: Vol. 1, Dead Homiez & Pimps Up, Ho's Down - 2 Seperate Documentary DVDs In Set

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L.A. Street Life: Vol. 1, Dead Homiez & Pimps Up, Ho's Down - 2 Seperate Documentary DVDs In Set
L.A. Street Life: Vol. 1, Dead Homiez - Documentary DVD
Crips, Bloods, Homiez, Gangs
Pimps Up, Ho's Down - Documentary DVD
Pimps, Ho's, Whores, Prostitutes, Johns

ASIN: B000TWVPBW

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L.A. Street Life: Vol. 1, Dead Homiez & Pimps Up, Ho's Down - 2 Seperate Documentary DVDs In Set DVD 1. L.A. Street Life: Vol. 1, Dead Homiez: An up close and gritty examination of the perils of life in South Central (Watts), Los Angeles, California. This action-drama follows the life of a 17-year old member of the Bloods gang and his family and friends' constant struggle to survive the violence riddled streets of South Central. This movie includes documentary interview footage of real Crips and Bloods gang members. Also includes: A Tribute to Two of America's Real Gangstaz:Tupac Shakur ,1971-1996 and Christopher Wallace 1972-1997 a.k.a. Makaveli & The Notorious B.I.G. Not Rated! DVD 2. Pimps Up, Ho's Down:The Director's Cut- PROSTITUTION DOCUMENTARY- It is the culmination of over a decade of research and production on the shocking and real world of pimps and whores (ho's). Acclaimed as the definitive Pimp Documentary it has proven too hot for cable TV. With over 30 minutes of unseen footage. Director Brent Owens invites you into the secret society of PIMPS & HO'S to experience the ultimate exploration of the Pimp Game and to meet some of it's players! Bonus: Trailer, Biographies.

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Bad movie
Crab 187/Slob 187 is better.......i give Dead Homiez 3.5 *'s
best gang doc video i've seen
p-funk every day!
How is 2pac involved in this vid

Dead Homiez
Starring: Shannon Luckey , Michael Gillett , Cynthia Berry , Treyvon Green , and Ggreg Snyder
Director: Billy Wright
Manufacturer: Trinity Home Ent
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ASIN: B000059RZ8
Release Date: 1999-11-23

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This DVD is a feature film based on true story following l ife of a 17 year old high-ranking member of Los Angeles str eet gang The Bloods .It is a dramatic look at life in Sou th Central Los Angeles & young black men who seek to rule t he streets. There are special bonus interviews & live foota ge of Tupac Shakur & The Notorious B.I.G.

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Bad movie.......2005-09-14

20% was the plot on the jacket case
40% was preaching from gang members telling you to stop violence and not follow their lifestyle
40% was funeral/preaching/singing/mourning

Crab 187/Slob 187 is better.......i give Dead Homiez 3.5 *'s.......2002-11-22

I give Dead Homiez 3 1/2 stars. When i first read about it in the video store, i had to see it... so i did... and personally felt it could of used more documentary footage. I didn't really dig the funeral scenes of pooh bear, etc... i sort of thought that was fictional, but i guess its real, since i read the reviews from the rest of you below. It's a good movie, i found it to be a little boring... but i wish that the people who shot it oculd of done a better job, becuase i found it really hard to hear what the loc's from Grape Street Watts were saying... that's my only beef with this movie... the fact that stuff was hard to hear... and my volume was up and my house was empty... but stuff was hard to hear... ( i don't have a hearing prob either...

best gang doc video i've seen.......2002-01-20

This video is well worth getting. I have the DVD version but I've seen the VHS and there is no benefit to getting the DVD. Both are full-screen, and there are no extras on DVD. Picture quality and indexing problems on the DVD suggest that the VHS version is better (until a new master appears on DVD).
Basically this doco contains the following:
1) a dramatisation of the real story of a cousin of the director -- the cousin (Pooh Bear) is a blood who is killed in payback for the killing of Cartoon, a member of a crip gang. In turn Pooh Bear's little brother gets into some payback of his own when released from jail on a furlough to attend the funeral of Pooh Bear. In general this part is good, and contains some underground hard-core g-funk in the funeral scene and there is some cool scenes with lowriders in those sections too.
2) An interview with KAM, a rapper who many probably know ('Neva Again', 'Made in America', 'Kamnesia'), and his homies Lay Back and Big Solo etc. This part is good if you like KAM, if not it's relatively short.
3) Crips Roster. Interviews with actual crips from LA. Goes through several neighbourhoods. Interviews here are very good, especially the one with Big Loc and Lil Loc of Grape Street. Some cool lowriders here, the usual 63's etc but also some later chevys.
4) Bloods roster. Interviews with actual bloods from LA. Some great interviews here but you may need an interpreter, know what I'm sayin? P-Funk every day. No lowriders here, some nice red shoes though and for the ladies there are some pretty built homies here ;-) EXTRA SPECIAL FEATURE: interviews with rappers Hi-C and 2nd II None. Tha D looks like he may have been hitting the pipe at this time though -- sorry D! Interviews cool though.
5) Biggie & Tupac. Yes, there is a little bit at the end with Biggie and Tupac, where they bust a freestyle rap together over drinks. If you like Biggie or Tupac this part is good, if not it's at the end of the tape, so ... Personally I would have preferred some more doco footage, or maybe an interview with DJ Quik!

p-funk every day!.......2001-12-03

this is an excellent DVD, especially the interview footage with the crips and bloods. if you like lowrider chevvies the crips roster and the dramatic re-enactment sections have some sweet ones too, and some choice underground gangsta rap tracks. KAM, Hi-C, and 2nd II None also appear in the interviews.
The only criticism I have is with the quality of the disc. I have a Pioneer DV-344 and experienced some glitches in the second half (the bloods part) of the feature, with the visuals becoming pixellated and jamming up the first time I played it, but none since thankfully. A friend had serious sound and visual problems in his Grundig player in the same part. This would seem to indicate indexing problems with the master, and some players are obviously more sensitive than others. If your player is more sensitive than some, think twice about this item. Also there are no special features on this disc.
I'd give the feature itself 5 stars, but this DVD is little improved on the VHS (it's full screen, no special features) and may be troublesome on some players. I would give the VHS 5 stars.

How is 2pac involved in this vid.......2001-10-21

I heard there is a live preformance and other stuff
give some feed back {those who have seen it} I heard this is a good video as well!

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L.A. Street Life, Vol. 1: Dead Homiez
Starring: L.a. Streetlife
Manufacturer: Phoenix
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Release Date: 2005-12-06

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Starring: Tupac Shakur , and Biggie Smalls
Director: Billy Wright
Manufacturer: Ground Zero
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Release Date: 2005-03-29

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Dead Homiez - An up-close, gritty examination of the perils of life in South Central Los Angeles, this action-drama follows the live of a 17-year-old member of the "Bloods," and his, his family's and his friends' constant struggles to survive the violence-riddled streets. Includes documentary interview footage of actual Crip and Blood gang members.

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