Movie Description:
Story of three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles neighbor- hood, and of street life where friendship, pain, danger and lovecombine to form reality. "The Hood" is a place where drive-by shootings and unemployment are rampant. But it is also a place where harmony coexists withadversity, especially for threeyoung men growing up there: Doughboy, an unambitious drug dealer; his brother Ricky, a college-bound teenage father;and Ricky`s best friend Tre, who aspiresto a brighter future beyound "The Hood".In a world where a trip to the store canend in death, the freinds have diversereactions to their bleak surroundings. Tre`s resolve is strenghtened by a strong father who keeps him on the righttrack. But the lessons Tre learns areput to the ultimate test when tragedy strikes close to home, and violence seems like the only recourse.
