Stacy Peralta

Stacy Peralta

Skateboarder turned director, Stacy Peralta was the best skateboarder in the world at age 19. Later in his life he began to direct movies, including documentaries like Riding Giants, about surfing, and feature films like Lords of Dogtown... [more]

Skateboarder turned director, Stacy Peralta was the best skateboarder in the world at age 19. Later in his life he began to direct movies, including documentaries like Riding Giants, about surfing, and feature films like Lords of Dogtown, about skateboarding.

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Common Ground: Filmmaker Stacy Peralta Retraces Gang History & Culture

From:  rawinkorpz.net
In hopes of creating better days, filmmaker Stacy Peralta speaks out about the history of the Crips and Bloods. His documentary, Crips and Bloods: Made in America covers the origin of the two infamous gangs from the migration of freed slaves, to the industrial age of WWII, to rising unemployment, illiteracy, racial housing discrimination and police brutality. To find out his feelings toward the gang situation and why there is a strong need to change the system pick up The Source magazine... Read Full Story

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