MC Eiht

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

Pete Rock, Big Pun

Menace II Society

Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes

Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Where's the Soul?

Jesse Felsot, Sahir Champion

Stacy Branden, MC Eiht

Explores today's music business and tries to figure out what happened to the great soul music of yesteryears; focusing on the changes within the label system with the advent of technology, social media and sampling. The emerging indie movement has resulted in an onslaught of quickly produced rap and hip hop songs that are taking over the industry.

Thicker Than Water

Richard Cummings Jr.

Mack 10, Fat Joe

In Los Angeles, two rival gang leaders are also trying to be music producers. When DJ's equipment shorts out and Lonzo is cut out of the action by a record producer, the two join forces, which also requires a tentative peace between gangs. With backing from Gator, a smooth New Orleans drug king, DJ and Lonzo start dealing, organizing their gangs into pushers. Just as their finances are looking up, one of Gator's team pulls a double cross and two of DJ and Lonzo's gang bangers start a shooting war. Can the erstwhile music producers salvage anything of their bond or their plans?

100 Kilos

Rod S. Scott

Glenn Plummer, Dwayne Adway

The rise and fall of the Freeway Boyz, These group of young men sold millions of dollars of drugs in the streets of South Central Los Angeles, and inadvertently financed a CIA private war in Nicaragua.