Los Angeles' boligkvarterer i slut-1980'erne er et helvede på jord. Narkokriminaliteten lammer især samfundets sorte, og politiets brutale fremfærd får vreden til at koge over. Fem unge mænd får afløb for deres frustrationer ved at danne hiphopgruppen N.W.A. (Niggers With Attitude). Gangsta-rapperne takler tingenes tilstand lige på og råt, hvilket både giver dem kæmpe succes og skaber kontroverser.
A shopkeeper must save his son from an angry mob during the 1992 L.A. uprising after the Rodney King verdict.
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.
A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring.
Leon Watkins runs a community helpline in South Central LA, where anyone in need of help is welcome. One of his most frequent visitors is local gang leader, John Wesley Hunter, otherwise known as “Joker” to the streets. After a day of hustling and almost losing his life in a shoot-out, Joker goes to the one place where he knows he can get help. All in a typical day’s work for Leon until an unlikely woman shows up insisting on aiding him in his fight for his community. This unlikely team defies social constructs by working together to actively fight oppression and gain nation-wide recognition for a hidden reality of many. Along their way they experience the deep-seeded hatred that has plagued America, great love, and tragedy as they leave behind a legacy.
An in-depth and provocative look at the 1992 Los Angeles riots exploring the roots of civil unrest in California and the relationship between African Americans and LAPD.
Filmmaker Mark Ford discusses the Los Angeles riots and the impact of rap music on the events.
An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.
Documentary film exploring the lives of the people at the flashpoint of the LA riots, 25 years after the uprising made national headlines and highlighted the racial divide in America.
Looking back over 20 years later at the Los Angeles riots in Koreatown as a result of the Rodney King verdict.