South Central (film)

South Central
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStephen Milburn Anderson
Written byStephen Milburn Anderson
Donald Bakeer (novel)
Produced byWilliam B. Steakley
Oliver Stone
Janet Yang
Starring
CinematographyCharlie Lieberman
Edited bySteven Nevius
Music byTim Truman
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 18, 1992 (1992-09-18)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million
Box office$1,373,196

South Central is a 1992 American crime-drama film, written and directed by Stephen Milburn Anderson. This film is an adaptation of the 1987 fiction novel, The Original South Central L.A. Crips by Donald Bakeer,[1] a former high school teacher in South Central Los Angeles. The film stars Glenn Plummer, Byron Minns and Christian Coleman. South Central was produced by Oliver Stone and released by Warner Bros.

The movie received wide critical acclaim, with many praising Plummer’s performance,[2] and New Yorker Magazine praising it as one of the year's best independent films.[citation needed] Janet Maslin of The New York Times named Anderson in the "Who's Who Among Hot New Filmmakers" in 1992, along with Quentin Tarantino and Tim Robbins.[3]

  1. ^ "Donald Bakeer: Books "The Original South Central L.A. CRIPS"". Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  2. ^ Howe, Desson (18 September 1992). "South Central (R)". Washington Post. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ Maslin, Janet (13 December 1992). "FILM; Is a Cinematic New Wave Cresting?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 March 2022.