Skateboard icon turned filmmaker Stacy Peralta considers MADE IN AMERICA, about LA Gangs the Crips and Bloods, the last in a trilogy of films about California history and culture. His previous documentaries were 2001 Sundance Award winning DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS about the birth of extreme skateboarding and RIDING GIANTS about big wave surfing, honored as the opening night film at Sundance 2001; the first for a documentary film.
Executive Produced by Vans, DOGTOWN is considered the ultimate branded content success story, followed by GIANTS, executive produced by Quicksilver. Peralta is represented by <a href="http://www.nonfictionunlimited.com.>Nonfiction Unlimited (formerly <a href="http://www.nonfictionunlimited.com.>Nonfiction Spots) for commercials and new media.
Peralta‘s MIA is the first major nonfiction film to compare the decades-long gang strife in South Central Los Angeles to the conflicts and violence in Kosovo and Northern Ireland. Exploring the story of LA Gangs in his signature filmmaking style, Peralta explores the history and talks to former and current members of the Crips and the Bloods.
Robert Koehler’s Variety notes: “Peralta has deepened his ongoing study of young male tribes. Despite a resounding swivel from sports to social reality, Peralta‘s kinetic, often electrifying cinema remains consistently his own. As ever with Peralta, it’s as impossible to take in everything on a first viewing as it is to look away from the screen.”
Peralta‘s MIA next moves to the LA film festival.
<a href="http://www.nonfictionunlimited.com.>Nonfiction Unlimited, New York / Santa Monica represents award-winning documentary filmmakers for commercials and new media. In addition to Stacy Peralta, the company works with Rob Bindler, Paul Crowder, Rob Devor, Steve James, Robby Kenner, Barbara Kopple, Jessica Sanders, Ondi Timoner, Peyton Wilson and Jessica Yu.
Contact:Please contact executive producer Loretta "LJ" Jeneski at 917.340.1019 or for additional information visit http://www.nonfictionunlimited.com.
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