South Central

A child's chance to escape anger and injustice begins with one man... His father.

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.

1992

1h 39min

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Top Billed Cast

Glenn Plummer
Bobby
Byron Minns
Ray Ray
Lexie Bigham
Bear
Vincent Craig Dupree
Loco
LaRita Shelby
Carole
Carl Lumbly
Ali
Vickilyn Reynolds
Willie's Wife
Kevin Best
Genie Lamp
Big Daddy Wayne
Henchman
Allan Hatcher
Baby Jimmie
Alvin Hatcher
Baby Jimmie
Baldwin C. Sykes
Ken Dog
Rana Kirkland
Girl in Club
Diane Manzo
Undercover Cop
Sal Landi
Detective
Christian Coleman
Jimmie
Christian Coleman
Termite
Reginald T. Dorsey
Bastille
Tim DeZarn
Buddha
Ivory Ocean
Willie Manchester

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