Lives in Hazard

Lives in Hazard — Plot

Lives in Hazard is a tough, uncompromising look at kids in gangs and the men they become in prison. Filmed in the barrios of east LA and in the prisons of California, this real-life drama follows the making of the Hollywood feature film American Me, in which director Edward James Olmos used real gang members and prison inmates as actors. The fictional scenes these homeboys portray pale in juxtaposition to the stark reality of their daily lives, a world where opportunities are scarce and guns plentiful. The brutal honesty of these gang members as they struggle to change makes Lives in Hazard a powerful story of kids caught up in a growing national crisis.

• Release date
• April 8, 1994
• Runtime
• 58 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Susan Todd

Lives in Hazard — Cast

D

Domingo Abriz Self

M

M.C. Boulevard Self William Forsythe Self

G

Greg Boyle Self

R

Robert Chavez Self Danny De La Paz self

G

Gil Espinoza Self

D

Daniel A. Haro self