Shottas 2002
Directed by Cess Silvera, Adam Doench, Lyndale V. Pettus
- Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
- 95 min
- R
Friendship, loyalty & greed.
A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom. They remain bound to each other by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Ky-Mani MarleyBiggs
- Spragga BenzWayne
- Paul CampbellMad Max
- Louie RankinTeddy Bruckshut
- Wyclef JeanRichie Effs
- Screechie BopGussy
- San SanRaquel
- JabbaDangles
- AssassinBlacka
- BeastSealy
Crew
- Cess SilveraDirector
- Adam DoenchDirector
- Lyndale V. PettusDirector
- Cess SilveraScreenplay
- Cliff CharlesDirector of Photography
- Danny SaphireEditor
- Richard EffsProducer
- Randall EmmettProducer
- Jennifer FarrellProducer
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