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Plot

A pair of naïve young girls learn that even the most insignificant actions can have lasting consequences in this music-driven take on teen culture starring Anne Hathaway and Bijou Phillips and directed by two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Influenced by the hip-hop thug lifestyle and seeking to explore life outside of their insulated, culturally homogenized suburb, pretty young teenagers Allison (Hathaway) and Emily (Phillips) set their sights on East L.A. to experience the "gangsta" lifestyle firsthand. By the time the pair meet some true-life Latino gang-bangers and realize just how far out of their element they really are, it may already be too late to turn back.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
85min.
DVD Release Date:
11/29/2005
Distributor(s):
Media 8 Entertainment, New Line Cinema, The Works UK Distribution
Director(s):
Themes:
Kids in Trouble,Culture Clash,Fish Out of Water,Street Gangs
Tone:
Disturbing,Forceful,Gritty,Harsh,Lurid,Poignant,Tense
Keywords:
cultural-shock,culture [social culture],fish-out-of-water,gangster,inner-city,street-gang,suburbs,teenagers,underworld
Language:
English
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