Fifth Ward (1997)

Directed by

Greg Carter

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man in the Fifth Ward ghetto of Houston gets involved in crime in order to kill the person who murdered his brother. The story follows his difficult choices and violent path.

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What happens

Fifth Ward is a 1997 drama film written, directed and produced by Greg Carter and starring Kory Washington, Thomas Miles, Donna Wilkerson, Thomas Webb, Junie Hoang, and Lee Carter. It follows an African-American man in the Fifth Ward ghetto of Houston entering a life of crime for a chance to kill the man who killed his brother. Fifth Ward was Greg Carter's first feature film which he wrote, produced, edited, and shot on 35mm. It was shown at the Austin Film Festival on October 3, 1997, and later won Best Feature at the Black Film Festival of New Orleans. At 30th Parallel Film Festival in Austin, it also picked up awards for Best Director and Feature. In 1998, Fifth Ward was selected into the SXSW Film Festival. A TV sequel to the film, 5th Ward The Series started airing on UMC on March 2, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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