"Bastards of the Party" Documentary (Clips)
5 videos • 1,718 views • by Xandi In Bastards of the Party, Director Cle Bone Sloan, a longtime member of the Athens Park Bloods, traces the roots of L.A.'s black gangs back to the demise of the Black Panther Party. Raised in the Athens Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, Cle "Bone" Sloan was four years old when his father died, and 12 when he became a member of the Bloods. Now an inactive member, Sloan researches the history of black gangs in his city and makes a powerful call for change in modern gang culture with his insightful documentary, Bastards of the Party. Acclaimed feature film director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) produces along with Sloan, who also directs. The documentary features interviews with past and current gang members from the Bloods and Crips; L.A. historian Mike Davis, whose book "City of Quartz" sparked Sloan's own project; former FBI agent Wes Swearingen; and Geronimo Pratt, the former Black Panther Party minister of defense, among others.