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Slippin': Ten Years with the Bloods (2005)
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When one hears "Ten Years with the Bloods," one would expect a detailed documentary that exposes one to day to day gang violence. That is hardly the case with "Slippin." Other than showing the viewer that these gang members are constantly smoking pot (there is not a second in the film when the main characters are not high), one learns and is exposed to nothing new. The use of one of the gang members as a narrator/voice over is very ineffective. If the directors were attempting to create sympathetic characters, they failed miserably. One leaves disgusted with all the main characters and their families. While most documentaries attempt and are usually successful catching the characters at vulnerable moments, "Slippin" has no such moments. Although one of the characters does die from gang violence 1) it is not captured on tape and 2) one does not feel at any time that their lives are in constant danger and could end at any time. If gang violence is a subject of interest to you, better choice is to read the book "Monster."