179th Street (2014)
- Directed by
- Hanibal Luna
- Genre
- drama, action
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1980s New York City, a boy is chained to a radiator and forced to witness the war between Latino drug lords over the crack trade. The story is based on two true accounts of how the pursuit of the American Dream becomes a nightmare.
grittytensebleakurbanvisceralgrimrawmelancholic
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