DOPE (1968) Documentary (DVD)

DEVILS AND ANGELS (Lowbrow Customs) Japan; DVD Hot Rod/Kustom/Lowbrow/Culture DVD, New Lowbrow Customs Presents: Devils & Angels: Kustom Kulture is Alive and Well. Lowbrow Art, Hot Rods, Customs & Girls. We got interviews with all sorts a cool folks. We've corralled Japan's masters of striping Makoto, Mr. G and Grimb.  Take a close-up look in studio with the amazing Doug Dorr, get a peek inside the twisted mind of Jeral Tidwell and spend the day with Hot Rod/Surf Art legend Damian Fulton.  See up close the artists at work, and at play, and see what makes these characters tick... Take a ride with the Straight Jacket Kustoms car club to the Grand National Roadster Show, 'Weld This' Art Show, and finally Gasoline Gallery's 'California Screamin' Art & Hot Rod Show.

LA VIDA LOCA; DVD (2008) DVD (2008) The fearless photographer and documentary-maker Christian Poveda submerges himself into central America, into the underbelly of society. He managed to get permission from the Salvadorian police and one of the gangs, the "18", to follow them in their lives. Four years later, La Vida Loca sees the light, taking you along the path of violent outcasts of society. And it is very different to what you might imagine.  The documentary takes us from the unfolding of someone's life to their funeral after a shooting. It is an endless spiral of gang violence, with seemingly no point to the gang war whatsoever, other than that of having an enemy to unite them. Joining a gang is not even an alternative employer for the poor, as the gang does not offer any external symbols of success (wealth, privilege, whatever). In fact, the gang does not seem to offer anything at all but the prospect of death, jail or invalidity. Hardly the attractive option, but these youths are already broken by their lives. And change becomes inevitable with the gang tattoos (voluntary or forced) marking their allegiance. Once you are have your face covered in tattoos, you can no longer send your CV anywhere. They can not back down.  After the films release, filmmaker Christian Poveda was killed by gang members who appeared in the film, who claimed that he was a police informer.