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Plot

Filmed in black and white on a very low budget, this grim Manhattan-set documentary takes an unflinching look at the realities of inner-city life as it tells the story of how Vince Williams came to become a prison inmate. His story is told via flashback and from those who witnessed his small crime. Born in poverty to a 13-year-old mother, Vince grows up responsible for providing for her and his younger brother. Sometimes he resorts to stealing to keep them fed. Sadly, Vince had a lot of potential and maybe could have done more with his life, but unfortunately, there are few opportunities in the ghetto and his struggle to survive becomes a spiraling cycle of criminal activities, violence and humiliation that only ends with his incarceration.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
88min.
Director(s):
Norman Loftis
Starring:
Richard Barboza , Carolyn Kinebrew , Scott Ferguson , Keith Allen
Themes:
Kids in Trouble,Inner City Blues
Tone:
Austere,Bleak,Gritty
Keywords:
abuse,apartment,arrest,bank,brother,coach,criminal,death,demands,family,flashback,ghetto,girlfriend,hospital,influence,interrogator,life,life-of-crime,loot,mother,mugging,park,physical-abuse,police,prison,problems,recital,release,robbery,school,scream,sensitivity,store,street,subway,suicide,taxi,teacher,teenagers,testimony,time,violence,witness,wound [injury]