DIRECTOR
Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
FORMAT
35MM
RUNTIME
1h 37m
RATING
R
CAST
Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu
SYNOPSIS
SHOWN IN 35MM
Q&A with filmmaker Allen Hughes. Moderated by author Nelson George.
Co-presented by the Armenian Film Society
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’
Caine is a high school aged gangbanger who wants out of L.A.’s violence, drugs, guns, and death. As a child, Caine witnesses his father kill a man for no good reason and sees his mother die from a drug overdose. Growing up, he takes an older man from the neighborhood on as a mentor only to see him arrested and sent to jail. By high school age, Caine is dealing drugs, and his intimidation skills and nihilistic indifference to the social detriment of his lifestyle have earned him some street cred. MENACE II SOCIETY’S central dilemma: Caine wants out, but is he too far in, too caught up to see the alternatives?
Q&A with filmmaker Allen Hughes. Moderated by author Nelson George.
Co-presented by the Armenian Film Society
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’
Caine is a high school aged gangbanger who wants out of L.A.’s violence, drugs, guns, and death. As a child, Caine witnesses his father kill a man for no good reason and sees his mother die from a drug overdose. Growing up, he takes an older man from the neighborhood on as a mentor only to see him arrested and sent to jail. By high school age, Caine is dealing drugs, and his intimidation skills and nihilistic indifference to the social detriment of his lifestyle have earned him some street cred. MENACE II SOCIETY’S central dilemma: Caine wants out, but is he too far in, too caught up to see the alternatives?
CAST
Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu
SYNOPSIS
SHOWN IN 35MM
Q&A with filmmaker Allen Hughes. Moderated by author Nelson George.
Co-presented by the Armenian Film Society
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’
Caine is a high school aged gangbanger who wants out of L.A.’s violence, drugs, guns, and death. As a child, Caine witnesses his father kill a man for no good reason and sees his mother die from a drug overdose. Growing up, he takes an older man from the neighborhood on as a mentor only to see him arrested and sent to jail. By high school age, Caine is dealing drugs, and his intimidation skills and nihilistic indifference to the social detriment of his lifestyle have earned him some street cred. MENACE II SOCIETY’S central dilemma: Caine wants out, but is he too far in, too caught up to see the alternatives?
Q&A with filmmaker Allen Hughes. Moderated by author Nelson George.
Co-presented by the Armenian Film Society
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’
Caine is a high school aged gangbanger who wants out of L.A.’s violence, drugs, guns, and death. As a child, Caine witnesses his father kill a man for no good reason and sees his mother die from a drug overdose. Growing up, he takes an older man from the neighborhood on as a mentor only to see him arrested and sent to jail. By high school age, Caine is dealing drugs, and his intimidation skills and nihilistic indifference to the social detriment of his lifestyle have earned him some street cred. MENACE II SOCIETY’S central dilemma: Caine wants out, but is he too far in, too caught up to see the alternatives?