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- Original Gangstas by Ben Westhoff delves into the untold story of the rise of gangsta rap and its impact on American culture.
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Original Gangstas is a 1996 action-gangster film filmed and set in urban Gary, Indiana starring Blaxploitation film stars such as Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Richard Roundtree, and Ron O'Neal. [3] It is the final film directed by Larry Cohen before his death in 2019, [4] though he continued to write screenplays through 2010.
In Original Gangstas by Ben Westhoff, we delve into the roots of gangsta rap in the 80s and 90s. Westhoff introduces us to the world of Compton, Los Angeles, a place rife with gang violence and police brutality.
- Ben Westhoff
With Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Paul Winfield. When a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice.
- (2.1K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Larry Cohen, Fred Williamson
- 1996-05-10
Original Gangstas. Summaries. When a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice. Marvin Bookman is a small shop owner in Gary, Indiana, USA.
Sep 13, 2016 · Original Gangstas by Ben Westhoff is raw, entertaining, fun & unflinching at the same time. Ben Westhoff gives the definitive account of the birth of West Coast rap & the rise of Gangsta Rap. From Dr. Dre's transformation from sequins wearing dancing DJ to rap royalty and billionaire.
- (1.8K)
- Hardcover
- Ben Westhoff
Original Gangstas ★★ 1996 (R)In Hollywood everything old eventually becomes new again. John Bookman (Williamson) returns to his old neighborhood in Gary, Indiana, after his father is brutally shot by a gang leader. Things have changed from Bookman's days of gang banging, with the streets swarming with young machine gun-toting lowlifes.
May 10, 1996 · A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed.
