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Plot. Wassup Rockers is about a group of Guatemalan American and Salvadoran American teenagers in South Los Angeles who, instead of conforming to the hip hop culture of their gang-infested neighborhood, wear tight pants, listen to punk rock, and ride skateboards. Avoiding the violence of their dangerous home turf is an everyday challenge.
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Apr 5, 2006 · Wassup Rockers: Directed by Larry Clark. With Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usvaldo Panameno. A group of teenage boys opt to form their own identity by riding skateboards, wearing tight pants.
A group of Latino teens spend a day in Los Angeles, from South Central to Beverly Hills, and face trouble and adventure. Roger Ebert praises Clark's realistic and sympathetic portrayal of teenage life, despite the violence and horror.
Wassup Rockers. Directed by Larry Clark. Comedy, Drama. 1h 51m. By Stephen Holden. June 23, 2006. More than a decade after Larry Clark's "Kids" scandalized the movie world with its quasi ...
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Wassup Rockers. As usual with Clark's films, the fixation on kids is rather creepy, plus the plot eventually runs off the rails into camp. Young Latino skateboarders (Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco ...
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Overflowing with tenderness and sly humor, Wassup Rockers is another bold vision of youth under fire from the incomparable Larry Clark. Ten years after Kids, Larry Clark tackles the controversial subject of teens and race in LA, aiming his lens on an unlikely crew of Latino skate punk kids from the ghetto neighborhood of South Central who just ...
Sep 12, 2005 · Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls - and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous parents. Larry Clark.
