Brooklyn Gangster

Directed by Kenya Cagle
1h 57mBiography, Crime,
8.1
This film, The Jose Lucas Story, is said to be based on a fictionalized account of a particular string of criminal exploits, leading to the arrest, conviction, incarceration, and too sudden death of one, Jose Lucas, a local Brooklyn kid whose early life reads like a Dicken's novel, and ends like a classic Shakespearean tragedy. He's convicted and given a 23-year prison sentence for having been a perpetrator in a notorious day-time jewelry heist in toney, downtown Georgetown, Washington, DC.(2005) Lucas had managed to be caught on a security camera with his homeboy Lex (the one who actually used the gun, shot the shop's jeweler, and managed also, to be un-masked on camera) by design of the other two culprits, Robert and 'E," who when arrested later, in another robbery, make a deal with the DA to escape the heavy sentences given Jose and Lex (who got 24 years as the shooter) by giving them up. The film attempts to get at the story behind that conviction, which many believed resulted in a grossly unfair sentence. After having accepted that Jose has lost in court, they had hoped to fight the verdict; Jose's defense did file and lose several appeals. They had settled into the reality that most residents-of- color in Brooklyn find themselves: that of having a loved one incarcerated.

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Cast of Brooklyn Gangster

  • Jason RiveraJose Lucas
  • James Anthony JacksonLex
  • Nixon CesarRobert
  • Steven KomitoEdward
  • Brian MclaughlinHarry
  • Christian AdamsStore employee
  • Wilola AshleyMs. Edie
  • Christian BarberCleo
  • Bevin BruRoma
  • Nathalie BryantHanbac
  • Kenyae CagleKenya
  • Chanika CampbellGail
  • Duval ChamberlainMalik
  • Monet CheriseJackie
  • Luana ClaxtonCustomer
  • Adam CobbThug 3
  • Ashley Cruzcast
  • Samuel DifioreMain Bodyguard
  • Mia DonowaOkeitha
  • Alfreda Farr DunhamMs. Lucas
  • Monet DunhamJackie
  • Drew HenriksenSammy
  • Matthew L. ImparatoOfficer Walker
  • Beth KatehisDebra
  • Stacey LewisJanelle
  • Maurice Linton10 year old Jose
  • Nia LintonTiffiny
  • Billie MastrangeloStore Owner
  • Miechelle MelendezMelinda
  • Jonathan MullinsPimp
  • Robert NesiOfficer Farley
  • Jamila NyamekyeYoung girl
  • Nastassja OcasioPhyllis
  • Precious ParhamTenisha
  • Kim ParkMs. Brooks
  • Gleenda PhillipeButtercup
  • Vanessa RodrigoCleo Girl
  • Angel Christian RomanAngel
  • Joshua St. BernardLi'l Jose
  • Sanaz St. BernardLi'l Malik
  • Vinny VellaMr. C
  • Loria VilesFrieda
  • Tim WaltowerWayne
  • Tamar WarnerModel
  • Tyrone Williams Jr.Thug 1
  • Derek WilliamsThug 2
  • Kenya CagleDirector / Writer
  • Nisha ParhamWriter
  • Luana Claxton FredericksProducer

 

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