Intriguing look at three young black cowboys living in South Central Los Angeles who fight to preserve The Hill, the last public stable in the city.
A super look at a part of life that most of us don't realize exists. It is an uplifting tale about three young men trying to keep off the street by keeping a tradition alive. This is a small gem of a film that is better experienced than talked about. Highly recommended.
SEE KNOW EVIL
Portrait of photographer Davide Sorrenti who died while in his 20's. Sorrenti had developed a rare blood disease as a child that should have killed him before he was five but he managed to hang on to become an influential image maker who popularized heroin chic.
While I admire his images I really didn't care about his life. Honestly I've always heard he was a street kid who made good and I admired him pulling himself up, but my feelings were kind of dampened when I discovered that some doors were opened because of his parents which takes nothing away from his talent but does diminish the tale of the self-made man somewhat.
As for the film its a bit too in love with its subject with seemingly everyone having nice things to say. There also really isn't enough to this story to really warrant a feature portrait so I kind of drifted off after awhile at the sameness.
Worth a look for fans only.
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