Small Time (1990)

Genres - Drama, Crime  |   Sub-Genres - Urban Drama  |   Release Date - Nov 8, 1991 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 85 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

Filmed in black and white on a very low budget, this grim Manhattan-set documentary takes an unflinching look at the realities of inner-city life as it tells the story of how Vince Williams came to become a prison inmate. His story is told via flashback and from those who witnessed his small crime. Born in poverty to a 13-year-old mother, Vince grows up responsible for providing for her and his younger brother. Sometimes he resorts to stealing to keep them fed. Sadly, Vince had a lot of potential and maybe could have done more with his life, but unfortunately, there are few opportunities in the ghetto and his struggle to survive becomes a spiraling cycle of criminal activities, violence and humiliation that only ends with his incarceration.

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abuse, apartment, arrest, bank, brother, coach, criminal, death, demands, family, flashback, ghetto, girlfriend, hospital, influence, interrogator, life, life-of-crime, loot, mother, mugging, park, physical-abuse, police, prison, problems, recital, release, robbery, school, scream, sensitivity, store, street, subway, suicide, taxi, teacher, teenagers, testimony, violence, witness, wound [injury], time