LA Clippers’ Baron Davis Intervenes via the Screen

Though I never joined a gang in the Inglewood/Los Angeles neighborhoods in which I spent the first 14 years of my life, they played a large role in my decision to pursue and idolize basketball. Two-time NBA All-Star Baron Davis (Verso Entertainment) in collaboration with director Stacy Peralta, produced his first feature documentary, Crips and Bloods…to bring attention to the roots of the very real gang problem that faces African American youth. To see the interview in which Baron talks about the film visit http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200905/20090512_davis.html

Check out an extended excerpt of Davis’ gripping documentary  to see how, perhaps, an entire demographic becomes fooled by the either-or fallacy that  life choices include “either crime or athletics.” WARNING: THIS FILM HAS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE OF VIOLENCE AND PROFANITY. PLEASE VIEW WITH DISCRETION.