Dir.: Michèle Ohayon; Phot.: Theo Van de Sande; Ed.: Edgar Burcksen; Mus.: John Barnes, Mino Cinelu, Joseph Julian Gonzalez, Robert Jerald, The Jazzhole; Prod.: Julia Schachter, Michèle Ohayon, Echo Pictures, 2114� Valentine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 (États-Unis), tél.: (213) 664-8211, fax: (213) 664-1199; Sales: Jane Balfour, Ltd., Burghley House, 35 Fortress Road, Londres (Grande-Bretagne), tél.: (171) 267 53 92, fax: (171) 267 42 41 .

This documentary follows a groups of "at risk" kids from South Central Los Angeles through a year of their lives, their failures and successes, their laughs and tears, their dances and funerals... Everyone thought that Stanley was never going to make it. Skipping school and living on the streets of Watts, gunshots were Stanley's lullabies. His family was falling apart, his brothers were running with the "Crips", and his mother was a drug addict living on the streets. He had no one to look up to. Oscar was dealing drugs and stealing cars at the age of 14. He was showing off to the fellas in an effort to belong. Now his young brother was in jail and his parents were shot in a violent crime. He became responsible for his sister who dropped out of school and was hanging with the neighbourhood "Cholos". Oscar was using any means at all to survive and to provide. Hope and determination brought Stanley and Oscar together, along with LaToya, Norma, Queenie, Michael and many other black and Latino kids from Los Angeles ghettos. They decided they don't want to be dead or in jail by the age of 18. They re-discovered their talents and self-dignity when they joined Colors United, a performing arts group for inner city kids. There, they found a second family and a safe stage where they could dance, act and express their problems. Someone was finally listening. Stanley graduated from high school and dreams of becoming a professional choreographer. Oscar and Norma are going to college, and LaToya has landed a part in a television series. Michael hopes he can make it to Harvard. But the struggle continues for many other kids.

"Deeply probing and stirring." -- Kevin Thomas (Los Angeles Times)