A story based on real life experiences of a group of Latino teenagers who, instead of conforming to the hip hop culture of their gang infested neighbourhood, wear their clothes tight, ride their skateboards, and listen to punk rock. Constantly harassed for being different, they have to fight to be themselves. One morning, they take two city buses from South Central to skate the famous "Nine Stairs" at Beverly Hills High that they always see in the popular skateboard videos. Whilst they are there they catch the attention of some rich Beverly Hills girls, which leads to trouble with the girls' boyfriends as well as the police. The police bust them simply because they're there and they escape into Beverly Hills where they meet up with the girls and a variety of characters, getting into really big trouble as they are chased by the police and the residents. The boys have to get away and try to make their way to the relative safety of their own neighbourhood.
Considering WASSUP ROCKERS' description from the producers, I'd say that it's quite an entertaining piece of documentary about Latino youngsters. Most importantly, this film succeeded in showing what true Latino brotherhood really means... and it's really somethin'...
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