"The Warriors," the cult film about seriously theme-dependent street gangs in crumbling 1970s New York, had to be based on something. Witness "80 Blocks from Tiffany's," an engrossing 1979 documentary on the gangs of the South Bronx, now available to the YouTube generation. It's a fascinating window into a culture we're privileged to recall with romance and nostalgia because we didn't actually live it. Here's the first chapter:
Here is a chapter 2. Worth the watch:
See the rest here. * Thanks, Noel.