Three first-time filmmakers, Justin, Dana and John set out to make a documentary about the hardships of inner-city life. Justin follows two NYPD officers while Dana and John focus on Thomas (a black youth poised to move up from his hardships). Stories merge, relationships corrode and the filmmakers become participants in the underground world they set out to document.
Writing
Blurred lines between fiction and documentary feel dangerously authentic.
Acting
Non-professional cast sells the found footage conceit completely.
Director
Ryan Piotrowicz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot for approximately $15,000 in actual Brooklyn locations, with some 'subjects' unaware they were in a scripted film until after scenes wrapped.
Predates 2012's ' Chronicle' and 'End of Watch' in blending found footage with social realism, but disappeared without distribution—possibly because its racial politics are too thorny for comfort-viewing.
US
