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*Tonight marks the premiere of HBO’s original documentary “Bastards of the Party,” an eye-opening look at the rise and development of black street gangs in Los Angeles from the 1940s through the present day.
The film was co-produced and co-directed by Cle “Bone” Sloan, an “inactive” member of the Bloods gang who sought to explore the origins of the lifestyle – or “deathstyle” as it’s called by one of the gang members in the film.
Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”) helped Bone to produce the film, which makes a point to show that black gangs in the 1950s and 60s – with such names as the Farmers, the Slauscons, the Businessmen and the Gladiators – banded together as a way to battle racial oppression, not each other. Gangs gradually began targeting rival gangs during the 1970s, the documentary shows.
“Bastards of the Party” premieres tonight at 10 p.m. on HBO. Below is a clip of the film that was posted on YouTube via HypeTV.com.
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