Saxophonist Art Pepper (1925-1982) lived the kind of jazz life only found in Hollywood movies. His prodigious talent led him to top gigs as a teenager, but drugs and attendant criminal activity knocked him out of commission for virtually all of the 1960s and early 1970s. This documentary, shot shortly after his searing memoir, {-Straight Life}, was published in 1979, shows Pepper in the full flower of a remarkable comeback. His third wife, Laurie, is featured prominently; they met in the drug treatment facility Synanon in 1969 and were married in 1974. She took over his business affairs and helped him write {-Straight Life}. Pepper tells his own story here, but the emphasis is on an evening's performance at a club in Malibu, with the musician in fine form, backed by a terrific trio. (Tom Wiener, Rovi)
Cash a ex con finally released from prison after a long sentence comes home and hooks up with his friend/music producer Rick.Cash then gets a job at Ricks T shirt store and at work is where he finds the young charismatic single mother named Love, Love and Cash hit it off immediately, Til one tragic day a friend of Rick and cash zay comes and picks up cash taking him to go smoke not reveakling that he just robbed a dangerous drug dealer named Four resulting in a situation that cash can't get himself out of. For the love of cash dives into Love and the lives of everyday people being forced into a bad situation this depicts the inner city in a way that has never been depicted
A cool and dangerous neo-noir crime film that revolves around the disturbed lives of two unlikely partners: Mickey Rady, a rogue undercover cop and Kook Packard, a smooth and charismatic con man. Together they rip off those operating outside of the law...for their own personal gain. But things go awry when one heist suck them deep into a city-wide conspiracy...
DEA Agent Keith Miller remains haunted by his wife’s murder. As his partner Stokes eyes retirement and their boss Marks vanishes before a crucial vote, a captured assassin’s secret leads to a dangerous conspiracy and a deadly showdown.
Two Bank Robbers, CARL and BENNY, are making their own GET AWAY from the city. With every one on a collision course for the Australian outback town of Gulargambone, what looked like quiet weekend in the country quickly turns into a noisy nightmare. CARL and his sidekick BENNY rob banks, but the GET AWAY car won't start. RICK quickly becomes lost then is shot at, while at home his best friend has an affair with his girlfriend. Meanwhile SUZETTE who has no money and loves to shop lift, steals RICK'S car. Finally after a madcap car chase RICK arrives at the Midday Motel. Here the tide turns and after a life of taking orders, RICK is forced to stand up for himself, make a decision and change the course of his life. In between sight seeing, breaking down, stealing cars, and machete welding cafe owners RICK and SUZETTE fall in love.
Struggling to launch her social media career, Elise decides to switch to viral pranks. When one prank on an old acquaintance goes terribly wrong, a local gang leader is out for revenge. With her best friend's help, Elise must fight for her life to survive.
Amidst the dangerous streets of Santa Monica, a former gang member must confront his past to save his kidnapped mother, plunging into a treacherous underworld where loyalty is tested, and sacrifices must be made.
On December 7, 1993, twenty-five people were shot on a commuter train headed from New York City to Long Island. Six people were killed, nineteen people were injured, many more were affected and continue to be to this day. This is their story.
BLACK MARKET FILMS presents "GREEDY," a hard hitting urban drama, born in the streets of the American dream. When the streets are good they are very good. When they are bad you can lose everything, including your life. Taye (played by rapper Chopah) is living a hustler's dream. He's is making money. He is planning to marry the love of his life. In the blink of an eye his world is devastated. His fiancee is murdered before his eyes and he is sent to prison. Upon his return home there is unfinished business. With his old hustle played out he assembles a dangerous crew (played by rappers Cilla Caine, K-5 Da Natural and Bad Credit) from his hood. They pull of a series of spectacular, well coordinated robberies. When envy and jealousy begins to undermine his team, betrayel is inevitable. Who can you trust?
In July of 2003, 8-year-old Sasha Leigh Crook stayed with her grandparents for the winter school holidays. On July 6th, her grandparents planned to take her to a birthday party where her mother Michelle would meet them. Excited about the party, the little girl played in the front garden, but when it was time to leave, Sasha Leigh was nowhere to be found. This is her tragic story.
Memphis slacker Courtney clashes with his tough-love parents who want him to grow up. Secretly, Courtney leads a notorious robbery crew targeting the city's elite. One mistake sparks chaos, forcing Courtney to confront his successful lawyer brother Jarvis, their strained relationship, and a dark family secret that brings deadly consequences.
Marcus is caught up by lust, drugs, murder and deception and must face the hardest challenge of his life. When he meets Charmaine, he has to make a major change in his life and become a better man. In his pursuit to become a better man, he finds the dirtiest deception of all may come at a cost that he can't afford.
60 women are waiting for their execution on death row. Who are they? We decided to follow five of them. Dive in these women's lives full of horror, hope, death, and love, in one of the most terrible places in the USA, death row.
As Tony Two Toes and Douglas Supreme, two hit men, find themselves in the same hotel suite the night before they are hired by the same company to kill a senator, they discover that their lives crossed as children.
Racine Robinson is the queen pin of a criminal empire, alongside her daughters Cand and Kat. Racine is celebrating her 50th birthday and invited all the regional crime families to come and celebrate. Unbeknownst to her, a contract has been taking out to kil Racine on her birthday. With government intervention, and various talking heads, the death of Racine could lead to open warfare in the city.
A weary, alcoholic New York police detective (Jürgen Raffner) hunts a sex-obsessed psycho (Henri Stuart) who is responsible for a series of gruesome murders in and around Times Square. Two young women (Anja Belle and Greta Krauss) sharing a nearby rundown hotel room, become his next intended victims.