"Crips and Bloods" is successful as a history lesson, but the documentary (produced by former Golden State Warrior Baron Davis) falters whenever the focus shifts to the present.

About the Documentary A cluster of neighborhoods in the heart of Southern California is home to two of America’s most infamous gangs: the Crips and the Bloods.

On this date in 2008, the Stacy Peralta-directed documentary, which delves into the everyday life of the Crips and Bloods in the ghettos of America and why the gang narrative is so alluring to ...

Crips and Bloods: Made in America DVD Review The root cause of gang warfare is examined in this taut documentary.

The image of a glittering downtown Los Angeles skyline turned upside down, which opens Stacy Peralta’s sobering “Crips and Bloods: Made in America,” is both striking and unnerving. With that ...

Stacy Peralta uses his knack for dissecting counter-cultures to highlight the two most violent gangs in America with Crips and Bloods: Made in America. Since his breakout Sundance hit Dogtown and ...

The Bloods is a notorious LA-based street gang involved in various crimes, including drug trafficking, theft, assault, burglary, and even murder. Most of its members are African American ...

The image of a glittering downtown Los Angeles skyline turned upside down, which opens Stacy Peralta’s sobering “Crips and Bloods: Made in America,” is both striking and unnerving. With that ...

In his new documentary, "Crips and Bloods: Made in America," pro skateboarder turned filmmaker Stacy Peralta chronicles the rise of the two gangs, tracing the origins of their bloody, four-decades ...

Cle "Bone" Sloan talks about his new HBO documentary, Bastards of the Party. The film looks at the history of gangs in Los Angeles. Sloan is a longtime affiliate of the Bloods street gang, and ...

Skipp Townsend was a member of the Rollin' 20s Avenue faction of the Bloods gang in Los Angeles for 27 years.