Bastards of the Party

1h 35m
Documentary
5.4

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.

Cast

Daryl Gates
Self (archive footage)
Fred Hampton
Self (archive footage)
Joe Hicks
Self
Ericka Huggins
Self
Rodney King
Self (archive footage)
M. Wesley Swearingen
Self (as Wesley Swearingen)

Crew

Cle Sloan
Director, Producer
Keith Salmon
Editor
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Alexander Demyanenko
Executive Producer
Jack Gulick
Executive Producer
Antoine Fuqua
Executive Producer
Alex A. Alonso
Co-Producer
Chung Joong-Han
Original Music Composer

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