Flyin' Cut Sleeves - Doc On 70's Street Families Released On DVD

FLYIN' CUT SLEEVES, completed in 1993, is a 59:44 minute videotape documentary which presents alternating portrayals, from the past (twenty years ago) and the present, of former street gang presidents in the Bronx:  Benjamin "Yellow Benjy" Melendez, The Ghetto Brothers, Ben Buxton, The Savage Nomads,  Nelly "China" Velez, The Savage Nomad Girls, Felipe "Blackie" Mercado, The Savage Skulls and Lorine Padilla

This project was directed in part by the ever-present Henry Chalfant, who along with Martha Cooper, brough Graffiti and Hip-Hop culture to the press in New York in the 80's, and has continued to contribute through the years.

See the clip below, and the DVD can be purchased today at seeofsound.com or amazon.com