Posts Tagged ‘Gangs’
Gangsters In Paradise (Documentary)
February 8, 2019
My dad was God… at least to me…and since I could not fight God, I’d fight everybody else.
Damn. That is the definition of f’d up AND a damn near perfect description of the condition that sets a gangster on his path in life. Wow. Another in-depth hard-hitting VICE doc, covering content you just won’t get anywhere else.
In Gangsters in Paradise – Deportees of Tonga, VICE embeds with four Tongan nationals who have been sent back to the tiny island nation where they were born after serving prison time in New Zealand and the United States. Former gang members, they often struggle to reconnect with the culture, the language, and the people.
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Interesting when you realize that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is half Tongan and half Black. He could have been all f’d up in the game. He still probably would feel some pain watching this. As should we all.
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Tags: former gang members, gang culture, Gangs, Gangsters in Paradise, The Deportees of Tonga, Tonga, VICE | 
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Rubble Kings (Documentary)
September 16, 2015
Maaaan. WOW! Shout and respect to Bad Magics for the scoop on this “Rubble Kings” documentary. The story of the cultures, the cultural war… that was ultimately averted because the combatants decided to start a new culture. They stopped the violence and started the party; laying the foundation for Hip-Hop. And it don’t stop!
From 1968 to 1975, gangs ruled New York City. Beyond the idealistic hopes of the civil rights movement lay a unfocused rage. Neither law enforcement nor social agency could end the escalating bloodshed. Peace came only through the most unlikely and courageous of events that would change the world for generations to come by giving birth to Hip-Hop culture. Rubble Kings, the most comprehensive documentation of life during this era of gang rule to date, tells the story of how a few extraordinary, forgotten people did the impossible, and how their actions impacted the world over.
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FILM IN THEATERS AND ON-DEMAND NOW: RUBBLE KINGS
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Posted in Film, Hip-Hop, History, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Bad Magics, birth of Hip-Hop, Documentary, gang culture, Gangs, Rubble Kings, stop the violence | No Comments »
VICE: Chicago’s Gang Problem & The Inequitable Sharing Of Nigeria’s Oil Resources (Video)
August 28, 2013
YES! Damn smart move by VICE: posting its HBO shows online for their fans who don’t have premium cable.
“Don’t nobody wanna talk no more. It’s so easy to get a gun out here. Everybody wanna shoot it out.”
Wow. Remember how we posted on ‘Chi raq’ (Chicago being a war zone akin to Iraq)? Well, VICE addresses that in this episode’s first half. For the last half, VICE documents Nigeria’s oil industry – oil theft, financial and social costs, and more.
Posted in Cover Story, Human Interest, Opinion, Politics, Television, Videos | Tags: Chi Raq, Chiraq, Gang Violence, Gangs, Gun Violence, HBO, Nigeria, Oil Industry, VICE, VICE on HBO | No Comments »
