Gangstresses, a documentary by Harry Davis, tells the story of violence, poverty, and survival in the streets from a female perspective. Over a two-year period, Davis interviews female hustlers, drug dealers, rappers, porn stars, prostitutes, mothers, and daughters. Among them are Champagne, a well-known African American porn star who has a small child; Mama Mayhem, a street hustler; Uneek, a rapper from the Bronx; and Vanessa Del Rio, a famous porn actress. Musicians Lil' Kim, Mary J. Blige, Ice T, and Tupac Shakur also share personal stories of survival. The documentary conducts follow-up research on the women's complicated lives, offering glimpses of both tragic reality and hopeful recovery.
In July 1860, the schooner Clotilda slipped quietly into the dark waters of Mobile, Ala., holding 11...
Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A...
As police and DEA agents battle sophisticated cartels, rural, economically-disadvantaged users and d...
Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's percepti...
Bettina and Frank are from Saxony, without a job and are on vacation for the first time. They go to ...
A behind-the-scenes inside a news story that swept the US: a Zumba instructor, Alexis Wright, who le...
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...
Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.
Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 ...
Shot over the course of 18 months in New York City's Lower East Side, METHADONIA sheds light on the ...
J and Jacky are good friends who attend the same school. J is from a single-parent family, and will ...
Tupac: Assassination is a documentary film about the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The fil...
Three people live in Doosan Apartment in Guro-dong. Me, mom, and my grandfather. Even though it has ...
In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G...
The story of Shaista, a young man who—newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced pe...
DEBT is the story of a frantic pursuit: the search for the responsible for the televised cry of hung...
The personal and social tragedy of drug addiction with its evil accompaniment, drug traffic. Over th...
Middle-aged women start acting and launch a drama club. However, nothing big or small goes right. Bu...
A documentary about the girls of the Mustang Ranch, a legal brothel in Nevada.
A 3-minute tribute to the late Mac Miller.