Film

Bastards of the Party

2005 · 1h 35m · Documentary

One gang's violent evolution... and a new generation's search for a way out.

IMDb

8.1

Surrounded by death and the brutal lifestyle that feeds it, a Los Angeles gangbanger explores the history of Southern California street gangs from the 1950s through the 1990s in an attempt to fully understand his existence. Bastards of the Party humanizes the staggering casualties of the LA gang wars.

Daryl Gates

Self (archive footage)

Fred Hampton

Self (archive footage)

Joe Hicks

Self

Ericka Huggins

Self

Rodney King

Self (archive footage)

M. Wesley Swearingen

Self (as Wesley Swearingen)

• Cle SloanDirector · Producer
• Jack GulickExecutive Producer
• Antoine FuquaExecutive Producer
• Alexander DemyanenkoExecutive Producer
• Haskell WexlerDirector of Photography
• Chung Joong-HanOriginal Music Composer
• Keith SalmonEditor

Bastards of the Party [Official Trailer], film Traces the roots of the Bloods and Crips

Release date

April 22, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Documentary