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South Central

South Central

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 18, 1992

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Crime, Drama

User Score

68%

Original Title

South Central

Production Companies

Enchantment Films Inc., Ixtlan, Monument Pictures

Director

Stephen Milburn Anderson

Budget

$4,000,000

Description

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.