South Central

South Central

A child's chance to escape anger and injustice begins with one man... His father.

199299 min6.7 / 10

A gritty, character-driven drama about redemption and the struggle between a reformed father and his gang-involved son, grounded in the cycles of violence and abandonment in South Central Los Angeles.

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.

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