Street Organizations: Revolutionary or Retrograde?

Bastards of the Party
Dir. Cle Shaheed Sloan, 2005, 95 min.
Cle "Bone" Sloan was four years old when his father died, and 12 when he became a member of the Bloods. Now an inactive member of the street organization, Sloan looks back at the history of the Bloods and the Crips and makes a powerful call for organizing from within. Bastards traces the development of street organizations in Los Angeles from the late 1940s, through the charged atmosphere of the '60s and '70s, to the breakdown of community in the '80s and '90s, and the brief truce between the Crips and Bloods that followed the Rodney King riots in 1992.

9:00pm Panel: The Revolutionary History of Street Organizations

Street Organizations: Revolutionary or Retrograde?

Bastards of the Party
Dir. Cle Shaheed Sloan, 2005, 95 min.
Cle "Bone" Sloan was four years old when his father died, and 12 when he became a member of the Bloods. Now an inactive member of the street organization, Sloan looks back at the history of the Bloods and the Crips and makes a powerful call for organizing from within. Bastards traces the development of street organizations in Los Angeles from the late 1940s, through the charged atmosphere of the '60s and '70s, to the breakdown of community in the '80s and '90s, and the brief truce between the Crips and Bloods that followed the Rodney King riots in 1992.

9:00pm Panel: Government Repression

Street Organizations: Revolutionary or Retrograde?

Bastards of the Party
Dir. Cle Shaheed Sloan, 2005, 95 min.
Cle "Bone" Sloan was four years old when his father died, and 12 when he became a member of the Bloods. Now an inactive member of the street organization, Sloan looks back at the history of the Bloods and the Crips and makes a powerful call for organizing from within. Bastards traces the development of street organizations in Los Angeles from the late 1940s, through the charged atmosphere of the '60s and '70s, to the breakdown of community in the '80s and '90s, and the brief truce between the Crips and Bloods that followed the Rodney King riots in 1992.

9:00 pm Panel: Under the Influence of Street Style

Street Organizations: Revolutionary or Retrograde?

Hell Up in East Harlem
Dir. Zaire Johnson, 2008, 120 min.
In the 80's there was one block in Harlem that was known to be one of the most dangerous and drug-infested areas of its era. Drugs and violence took over the neighborhood. Not many can say heroin and crack was sold in the same block generating up to $200K per day. Welcome to Wagner & Taino Towers: The most dangerous neighborhood in East Harlem. The filmmakers document the true events of East Harlem's struggles from the 80's up until now. You will see live news footages, interviews and visuals of the crack (Purple City Crack Gang) and Heroin Era (The Obsession Crew). East Harlem was responsible for one of the first Blood gang organizations to come out of New York. Once ruled by drugs, Harlem was soon run by gangs too. This film tells that story.

Q&A with filmmakers and members of The Purple City Crack Gang and The Obsession Crew.