Last Street
★ 7 · 2019 · 59m · Documentary
Kingston, Jamaica. After the controversial extradition of notorious drug lord Dudus Coke to the United States in 2010, chaos took over his former territory, the western neighborhoods of the city, where extremely violent gangs of teenagers kill each other for whatever reason. A group of reformed gangsters from Denham Town decide to mediate.
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