Gang Tapes
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Adam Ripp
Darontay Mcclendon
Vi Reasons
Darris Love
Don Cambell
Sonja Marie
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Growing up in South Central Los Angeles, Kris Noland, aka Lil Alonzo, is a bright thirteen-year-old who has become acclimated to living in a world where stepping out of your door is a life-threatening risk, and any slight is met with retaliation. When Kris acquires a video camera after a car jacking, he turns it on himself, his family and the old gangbangers whom he strives to join. What he ends up creating is a first person account of his everyday life, and thus, an uncompromising look into the shocking reality of being a young impressionable male in South Central Los Angeles. Faced with choices that will impact his life forever, Kris shares with his audience a glimpse into his world: his struggle with friends, family, territory, pride and survival, as he charts his "rise" to moral corruption as the newest member of a criminal gang.
Director
Adam Ripp
Crew
Thomas A Brown
Tchia Casselle
Tahmel T Dennis
Betsy Fels
David Goodman
J.d. Hopkins
Tina Midori Imahara
John Oh
Angela Potts
Adam Ripp
Adam Ripp
Artie Ripp
Keith Smith
Anissa Williams
Steven Wolfson
Steven Wolfson
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States August 2001
Released in United States on Video December 10, 2002
Released in United States September 20, 2001
Released in United States Summer August 14, 2002
Shown at Cinequest 2001: The San Jose Film Festival February 22 - March 4, 2001.
Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City August 1-5, 2001.
Feature directorial debut for producer Adam Ripp.
Straight-to-video release.
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Cinequest 2001: The San Jose Film Festival February 22 - March 4, 2001.)
Released in United States August 2001 (Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City August 1-5, 2001.)
Released in United States Summer August 14, 2002
Released in United States September 20, 2001 (Shown in Los Angeles (American Cinematheque) as part of series "The Alternative Screen: A Forum For Independent Film Exhibition and Beyond..." September 20, 2001.)
Released in United States on Video December 10, 2002
