12 O’Clock Boys
Directed by Lotfy Nathan ~ Release Date: January 31st 2014
I had 12 O’Clock Boys on my hard drive for a minute; I don’t know why I didn’t watch it sooner. But after watching, it might be one of the best documentaries I’ve seen in a while. The movies follows Pug, a young boy from the inner cities of Baltimore, who is obsessed with his city’s dirt bike culture. He also one day hopes to ride with a group of illegal dirt bike riders known as The 12 O’Clock Boys (Where the film gets it’s name from). And like I said, the movie is great. It deals with poverty, Black culture, bike culture, death, police brutality; so much stuff is covered in a movie that’s suppose to be about riding dirt bikes illegally on the streets.
Notable Scene: Pug stealing his bike back feels like a scene for The Wire.
Should you see it?: Definitely. It’s one of the best documentaries I’ve seen in a minute.
