Strike One (2014)
Release Year: 2014
Nation: United States
Alternative Title: N/A
Director: David Llauger Meiselman
Writer: Howard Cohen, Lawrence Smilgys
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Keywords
Keywords: coming of age, gang
Story
Juan Garcia is a boy on the threshold of manhood living in a gang-controlled neighborhood. His role models could not be further apart: his older sister Angie, a single mom, struggling to gain a foothold in the white corporate world and his uncle Manny, an ex-gang member, who has fallen into an acting career playing gang bangers since his release from prison. With the future on his doorstep, Juan, like most boys, can only think of girls and is unaware of the judicial system's hard line stance against gang affiliation.
Summary
Juan Garcia navigates the precipice of adolescence in a neighborhood dominated by gangs. His role models clash starkly: his resilient older sister Angie, a single mother battling to infiltrate the white corporate world, and their uncle Manny, an ex-gang member now acting gang roles post-prison release. As Juan's future beckons, he's oblivious to the judicial system's unyielding stance against gang affiliation, his mind consumed by his burgeoning interest in girls.
