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'''''South Central''''' is a 1992 American crime-drama film, written and directed by [[Stephen Milburn Anderson]]. This film is an adaptation of the 1987 novel ''Crips'' by Donald Bakeer,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.donaldbakeer.com/book_sc.html |title=ArchivedDonald copyBakeer: Books "The Original South Central L.A. CRIPS" |access-date=2009-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318155453/http://donaldbakeer.com/book_sc.html |archive-date=2009-03-18 |df= }}</ref> a former high school teacher in [[South Los Angeles|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 ''New Yorker Magazine'' praising it as one of the year's best independent films.{{Citation needed}} ''South Central'' also placed Stephen Milburn Anderson in the ''New York Times'' "Who's Who Among Hot New Filmmakers," along with [[Quentin Tarantino]] and [[Tim Robbins]]. The 1998 [[Edward Norton]] drama ''[[American History X]]'' is often compared to ''South Central'' by critics and fans.

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Bobby Johnson ([[Glenn Plummer]]) is a young black gang member of Hoover Street Deuces, or simply Deuce. He gets paroled from the Youth Authority, and he meets with his fellow gang members Ray Ray, Loco and Bear (Byron Keith Minns, Vincent Craig Dupree and [[Lexie Bigham]], respectively). As it turns out, Bobby's girlfriend Carole (LaRita Shelby) gave birth to his son Jimmy (Christian Coleman) while he was incarcerated.