
Gang War 2: Back in the Hood
Little Rock, Arkansas, a decade after Blowback Productions first filmed its gang wars for HBO's America Undercover series. This follow-up returns to the same streets and some of the same people who appeared in the original "Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock," checking on what ten years of that violence actually did to them. The film tracks who survived, who is still inside the life, and who has managed to leave it, using the same unscripted, camera-following-subjects style HBO's series was built on rather than narration or expert commentary. It works as a time-lapse on a specific place: the same blocks, the same families, a decade later. Little detail beyond the setup survives in the record, but the premise itself carries weight, a rare instance of a documentary crew checking back on its own subjects after ten years instead of moving on to a new city.