Wassup Rockers

Wassup Rockers (2005) is a street drama from Larry Clark you can watch online on iFILM. Clark — the director of Kids — spent months filming real Latino skater teens from South Central Los Angeles: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, and their crew who chose punk over hip-hop and paid for it daily in their own neighbourhood.

One afternoon they bus into Beverly Hills. The shift is immediate: same kids, different cops, different rules. Rich girls are interested; their parents and boyfriends are not. Clark shoots in his stripped-down style — non-professional cast, minimal staging, the camera following rather than leading.

The film isn't about the trip. It's about what it costs to exist somewhere you're not expected to be. Stream Wassup Rockers (2005) online on iFILM.