Bastards of the Party (2005)
Surrounded by death and the brutal lifestyle that feeds it, a Los Angeles gangbanger explores the history of Southern California street gangs from the 1950s through the 1990s in an attempt to fully understand his existence. Bastards of the Party humanizes the staggering casualties of the LA gang wars.
Director: Cle Sloan
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Daryl Gates as Self (archive footage) |
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Fred Hampton as Self (archive footage) |
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Joe Hicks as Self |
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Ericka Huggins as Self |
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Rodney King as Self (archive footage) |
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M. Wesley Swearingen as Self (as Wesley Swearingen) |
| Directing | Cle Sloan | Director |
| Camera | Haskell Wexler | Director of Photography |
| Production | Alex A. Alonso | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alexander Demyanenko | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Keith Salmon | Editor |
| Sound | Chung Joong-Han | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Cle Sloan | Producer |
| Production | Jack Gulick | Executive Producer |
| Production | Antoine Fuqua | Executive Producer |