Movies: Melvin Mogoli

The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family whi...

Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened 15-year-...

When their latest work is buffed by a rival crew, two determined graffiti writers embark on an elaborate plan to bomb the ultimate location: the New York Mets' Home Run Apple....

An amazing, witty and quite disturbing fiction, portrait of Julia, a 'wigger' who has a talent for beatbox. Shot in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Dumbo, The Bronx, Central Park, Cosney Island... with a cast composed by young actors discovered by Larry Clark, ...

Two Brooklyn teenage prodigies, C.J. Walker and Sebastian Thomas, build make-shift time machines to save C.J.'s brother, Calvin, from being wrongfully killed by a police officer....

A charismatic teen is thrown into a crisis of life and love when he must decide whether to leave his rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn community to pursue a prestigious academic scholarship....

A fifteen-year-old Latino boy at a high school in the Bronx makes a mistake that will define the rest of his life....

A Chinese deliveryman navigates the gritty streets of Brooklyn while trying to make sense of his own inner landscape as an immigrant....