Hood 2 Hood: The Blockumentary

Hood 2 Hood: The Blockumentary

DVD cover
Directed by Aquis Bryant
Produced by Aquis Bryant
Narrated by Aquis Bryant
Edited by Aquis Bryant, Brian Bradley and Omar Wicker
Distributed by Rich Kid Entertainment
Release dates
  • April 19, 2005
Running time
 5 hours (2 discs)
Country United States
Language English

Hood 2 Hood: The Blockumentary is a straight-to-DVD documentary about the subculture of Inner-city street gangs in American neighborhoods, released in 2005. It was produced by Rich Kid Entertainment.

Overview

The documentary takes a tour through American neighborhoods with high crime rates. Street gangs allowed Rich Kid Entertainment to capture the day-to-day actions of life in gang-ridden neighborhoods.[1]

Rich Kid Entertainment traveled to over 29 different cities and neighborhoods which included the hoods that many music artists grew up in, such as Jay-Z, Eminem, Nelly, Suge Knight, Mac Dre, Michael Jackson, 3-6 Mafia, Juvenile, T.I. and Nas.

Cities included

  • Atlanta, GA 1,000,006
  • Oakland, CA 983,000
  • Richmond, CA 139,000
  • Sacramento, CA 956,000
  • San Francisco, CA 1,106,000
  • Vallejo, CA 43,000
  • Baltimore, MD 1,435,000
  • New York, NY* 14,725,091
  • Birmingham, AL 768,000
  • Chicago, IL 4,900,000
  • Milwaukee, WI 991,000
  • Compton, CA 70,000
  • Detroit, MI 1,517,000
  • Los Angeles, CA 6,392,621
  • Gary, IN 70,000
  • Harlem, NY 600,000
  • Houston, TX 3,457,000
  • Jackson, MS 960,000
  • Kansas City, KS 100,000
  • Kansas City, MO 1,745,000
  • Las Vegas, NV 1,129,000
  • Little Rock, AR 232,000
  • Memphis, TN 700,000
  • New Orleans, LA 1,000,270
  • Omaha, NE 908,912
  • Philadelphia, PA 2,531,000
  • St Louis, MO 1,080,000
  • Washington, DC 1,147,000

*included the boroughs Bronx 449,000, Brooklyn 872,000 and Queens423,000

Post release

The documentary aided police in investigation work against gangs. A Las Vegas man, an alleged member of the Gerson Park Kingsmen, has been charged with murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.[2][3]

Sequel

A sequel titled Hood 2 Hood 2: The Blockumentary was released on July 8, 2008. Part three was released in 2013.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/hood_tv/Content?oid=290581
  2. ↑ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2005/oct/13/film-appearance-may-be-bad-exposure-for-suspect/
  3. ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2006Nov09/0,4675,FilmGangDocumentaries,00.html
  4. ↑ http://hood2hood.com/trailers/hood-2-hood-part-3/

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