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  • Brooklyn Gangster (2012)
  • 117 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Brooklyn Gangster (2012)
117 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

This film, The Jose Lucas Story, is said to be based on a fictionalized account of a particular string of criminal exploits, leading to the arrest, conviction, incarceration, and too sudden death of one, Jose Lucas, a local Brooklyn kid ...See moreThis film, The Jose Lucas Story, is said to be based on a fictionalized account of a particular string of criminal exploits, leading to the arrest, conviction, incarceration, and too sudden death of one, Jose Lucas, a local Brooklyn kid whose early life reads like a Dicken's novel, and ends like a classic Shakespearean tragedy. He's convicted and given a 23-year prison sentence for having been a perpetrator in a notorious day-time jewelry heist in toney, downtown Georgetown, Washington, DC.(2005) Lucas had managed to be caught on a security camera with his homeboy Lex (the one who actually used the gun, shot the shop's jeweler, and managed also, to be un-masked on camera) by design of the other two culprits, Robert and 'E," who when arrested later, in another robbery, make a deal with the DA to escape the heavy sentences given Jose and Lex (who got 24 years as the shooter) by giving them up. The film attempts to get at the story behind that conviction, which many believed resulted in a grossly unfair sentence. After having accepted that Jose has lost in court, they had hoped to fight the verdict; Jose's defense did file and lose several appeals. They had settled into the reality that most residents-of- color in Brooklyn find themselves: that of having a loved one incarcerated. Written by Rosa Ann Bryant See less
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May 19, 2019 (United States)

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46 cast members
Name Known for
Jason Rivera
Jose Lucas Jose Lucas   See fewer
Nixon Cesar
Robert Robert   See fewer
Steven Komito
Edward Edward   See fewer
Christian Adams
Store employee Store employee   See fewer
Wilola Ashley
Ms. Edie Ms. Edie   See fewer
Monet Cherise
Jackie Jackie   See fewer
Luana Claxton
Customer Customer   See fewer
Adam Cobb
Thug 3 Thug 3   See fewer
Ashley Cruz
Actress Actress   See fewer
Samuel Difiore
Main Bodyguard Main Bodyguard   See fewer
Mia Donowa
Okeitha Okeitha   See fewer
Alfreda Farr Dunham
Ms. Lucas Ms. Lucas   See fewer
Monet Dunham
Jackie Jackie   See fewer
Matthew L. Imparato
Officer Walker (as Matthew Imparato) Officer Walker (as Matthew Imparato)   See fewer
Stacey Lewis
Janelle Janelle   See fewer
Maurice Linton
10 year old Jose 10 year old Jose   See fewer
Nia Linton
Tiffiny Tiffiny   See fewer
Billie Mastrangelo
Store Owner Store Owner   See fewer
Robert Nesi
Officer Farley (as Robert J. Nesi) Officer Farley (as Robert J. Nesi)   See fewer
Jamila Nyamekye
Young girl Young girl   See fewer
Nastassja Ocasio
Phyllis Phyllis   See fewer
Precious Parham
Tenisha Tenisha   See fewer
Kim Park
Ms. Brooks Ms. Brooks   See fewer
Gleenda Phillipe
Buttercup Buttercup   See fewer
Vanessa Rodrigo
Cleo Girl Cleo Girl   See fewer
Angel Christian Roman
Angel (as Angel Roman) Angel (as Angel Roman)   See fewer
Joshua St. Bernard
Li'l Jose Li'l Jose   See fewer
Sanaz St. Bernard
Li'l Malik Li'l Malik   See fewer
Loria Viles
Frieda Frieda   See fewer
Tamar Warner
Model (as Serah Warner) Model (as Serah Warner)   See fewer
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