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Chockfull of cutting edge social commentary from Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Ice T Straight From The Streets is an underground hip hop film that examines the social and economic conditions blacks face in the City of Angles. The film offers insightful and frank interviews with Crips and Bloods discussing LA's gang culture and a pending truce; Minister Louis Farrakhan and actor Denzel Washington discussing self-empowerment within the black community; and freestyle rap performances by several top rap stars. A film highlight is the Lowrider Magazine Super Show competition where LA's blacks and Hispanics bond through rapping and respecting each other's competing show cars. Shocking, inspirational and poignant, Straight From The Streets is a landmark film.      Straight From The Streets" is available on VHS ($13.95 and up) or DVD ($11.98 and up). The DVD version offers moving menus, research material, biographies, director commentary and trailers.