Hood 2 Hood: The Blockumentary
| Hood 2 Hood: The Blockumentary | |
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| Directed by | Aquis Bryant |
| Produced by | Aquis Bryant |
| Narrated by | Aquis Bryant |
| Edited by | Aquis Bryant, Brian Bradley and Omar Wicker |
| Distributed by | Rich Kid Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 5 hours (2 discs) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hood 2 Hood: The Blockumentary is a straight-to-DVD documentary about the subculture of inner-city street gangs in American neighborhoods, released in 2005. It was produced by Rich Kid Entertainment.
Overview
The documentary takes a tour through American neighborhoods with high crime rates. Street gangs allowed Rich Kid Entertainment to capture the day-to-day actions of life in gang-ridden neighborhoods.[1]
Rich Kid Entertainment traveled to over 29 different cities and neighborhoods which included the hoods that many music artists grew up in, such as Jay-Z, Eminem, Nelly, Eazy-E, Mac Dre, Michael Jackson, 3-6 Mafia, Geto Boys, Big Pun, Juvenile, T.I. and Nas.
Cities included
- Atlanta, GA 1,000,
- Oakland, CA 983,000
- Richmond, CA 139,000
- Sacramento, CA 956,000
- San Francisco, CA 1,106,000
- Vallejo, CA 43,000
- Baltimore, MD 1,435,000
- New York, NY* 14,725,091
- Birmingham, AL 768,000
- Chicago, IL 4,900,000
- Milwaukee, WI 991,000
- Compton, CA 70,000
- Detroit, MI 1,517,000
- Los Angeles, CA 6,392,621
- Gary, IN 70,000
- Harlem, NY 600,000
- Houston, TX 3,457,000
- Jackson, MS 960,000
- Kansas City, KS 100,000
- Kansas City, MO 1,745,000
- Las Vegas, NV 1,129,000
- Little Rock, AR 232,000
- Memphis, TN 700,000
- New Orleans, LA 1,000,270
- Omaha, NE 908,912
- Philadelphia, PA 2,531,000
- St Louis, MO 1,080,000
- Washington, DC 1,147,000
*included the boroughs Bronx 449,000, Brooklyn 872,000 and Queens423,000
Post release
The documentary aided police in investigation work against gangs. A Las Vegas man, an alleged member of the Gerson Park Kingsmen, has been charged with murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.[2][3]
Sequel
A sequel titled Hood 2 Hood 2: The Blockumentary was released on July 8, 2008. Part three was released in 2013.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/hood_tv/Content?oid=290581
- ↑ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2005/oct/13/film-appearance-may-be-bad-exposure-for-suspect/
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2006Nov09/0,4675,FilmGangDocumentaries,00.html
- ↑ http://hood2hood.com/trailers/hood-2-hood-part-3/