I'm really bad at writing reviews about movies, or recommending movies, but I'll attempt this one because it's so close to heart.
The movie is called Straight Outta Hunter's Point It's a docu-drama about life in Hutner's point, the forgotten land in SF.
The movie speaks to the seductive appeal of rap, how drugs pay for food on the table, and the hopelessness that shrouds this community. It is the story of mothers weeping for their buried sons and daughters, children peddling on the streets, where folks simply try to survive one day at a time, watching their backs because you never know when you have to duck from that bullet.
I heard the review on the radio this morning and apparently, while filming the movie, over a hundred shootings occured, and three persons who were involved in the movie, died. I'm surprised, and stunned. But I guess most folks who live there aren't. Director Kevin Epps is a resident of Hunter's Point.
The movie opens next week at the Metreon.