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Lives in Hazard (TV)

Original title: Lives in Hazard
Year: 1994
Running time: 58 min.
Country: United States
Director: Susan Todd, Andrew Young
Screenwriter: Susan Todd, Andrew Young
Cast: Documentary
Music: Ted Kuhn
Cinematography: Andrew Young
Producer: Archipelago Films, Olmos Productions
Genre: Documentary. Drama | Prison Drama. Half-length Film
Synopsis: Lives in Hazard is a tough, uncompromising look at kids in gangs and the men they become in prison. Filmed in the barrios of east LA and in the prisons of California, this real-life drama follows the making of the Hollywood feature film American Me, in which director Edward James Olmos used real gang members and prison inmates as actors. The fictional scenes these homeboys portray pale in juxtaposition to the stark reality of their daily lives, a world where opportunities are scarce and guns plentiful. The brutal honesty of these gang members as they struggle to change makes Lives in Hazard a powerful story of kids caught up in a growing national crisis.

Awards: 1994: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director / Documentary

1994: Sundance Film Festival : Nominated for Grand Jury Prize (Documentary)

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Lives in Hazard (TV)

1994

Susan Todd, Andrew Young