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The camera used on this film was a 35mm MovieCam Compact. The transfer to DVD was probably not so hot and that's what you're seeing. Speaking as someone who saw it for the first time in an actual theatre, the picture quality on the print is amazing.

Anyway, I liked this movie a great deal. It didn't seem as stereotypical as it could have been and I actually cared when negative things began to happen to the characters. I didn't like the acting of the photographer, but the child actor saved the interactions from being somewhat trite situations. I loved the cinematography. The use of color, light and shadows was amazing. I've watched certain scenes over and over again just to see the red light reflected in puddles in the alley or the graffiti in the LA River scene at the end.

I strongly encourage people to go out and rent this film. It's not a big famous production, but it is thoroughly enjoyable.

On a side note: Lloyd Avery II, who plays "G-Ride" is currently serving hard time for a double homicide.. It's amazing how close this film is to the reality he lives.

A photographer. His desire to develop his career. A boy with obvious gift and sensibility to take beautiful photos. The family of boy and the young Robert as his mentor. And the confrontation with the universe of hood, looking for take the perfect picture and defining in wrong manner the life around him.

A good film for the fair accents on characters and facts. Ad, sure, for images.

A sensitive portrait of friendship and mentorat, good acting and smart crafted emotion.

Its good point - the honest point of view and the poetry of some images. And, off course, the message, intense and realistic.

This movie is so visceral and powerful . It leaves you, though, with hope for our modern humanity. You will cringe, cry, and at last celebrate the fact that we can recover from the worst things that happen.

I like the movie, I though G-Ride ( Lloyd Avery II) was great,he made the movie interesting. Plus with him being the technical adviser on the set, working with the director showed. I really like this movie, I just wish it was longer because I believe there could of been more to it. I don't like the way its ends, it should have ended differently. It did have some stereotypes. Overall this is a good movie, I can it watch it over and over. It had some funny parts as well, lines that you will never forget. Also Mr. Avery later became a minister, he was a good person if you really got to know him. So whatever he did, even though he did nothing, an was accused, it is all forgiven. He did what most people should be doing spreading God's word. Love the movie

It shows the emotional hardship and struggle of not being used to such a rough neighborhood and suddenly being thrusted into it. All the deaths were painful and every scene left me at the edge of my seat, awaiting what was going to happen next. This movie shows the realistic parts of the hood more than most hood movies I've seen. The way it portrays the characters and builds them up is amazing, and the attention to detail in this movie is impeccable. I felt like I was there, living the moment during this movie. I felt the fear of Rob as the film got later in, the worry of the gang that they were going to be turned in. Few movies have spoken to me the way this movie has. Every character and event was structed perfectly. This is a near perfect film, and I couldn't recommend it enough.