I think KQED / PBS should do a follow up on this family, where are their children and Grandchildren, are their lives the same, better, worse? Was there help to change their lives or opportunity to do so offered by the producers of this show to this family??
My father had an auto shop called Charlie's Auto on 64th and East 14th Street now called International but it will always be East 14th to the real Oakland Originals.. .. back to the story basically Bean and his brother dancing Dan ended up with alcohol and drug problems I don't know about the rest of the family but from talking to Bean back in the day the death of his brother by the police really affected his family in a very negative way
I lived this with all my homies. Real things happen in our lives for reasons. I am Mr vato Loco from the 60 s and most of my homies in this documentary are either dead or in prison. I had Julian die in my arms when bean and myself was going across the street and that Philipino shot Julian. Much love to them all. Gone but never forgotten
that dancing in the street scene was great, kind of explained their plight- they just want to have fun and enjoy themselves, but when the institutions (police, schools etc.) "kick" you out, you have no choice but to "dance" and live in the streets.
RIP JULIAN AND JERRY PARKINS,REY CANALES, LAWRENCE MARTINEZ,EDDIE MARTINEZ,ANGEL TWINKY, WE LOST ALMOST ALL OF THESE OGS. BUT THEY HAD KIDS AND IM 1 OF MANY.....
Hi I'm trying to get a hold of people from the rolling 60"s oakland I've been trying for year to contact Lee (mama Lee carroll or some who nows her or if she's still around she did a documentary like the one she was in back in the 80's on 38th an 96's loc's I met her at a program I was sent too by the courts if you can help out in anyway truly appreciate it
Yup,I feel that lady's pain after losing my step dad, my mom and now older brother this year months apart so now I'm with my aunt now and I'm sorry for the the lady's loss to 😞
This hits so close to home. I was a little kid when everyone in this doc were around. Lived all over Oakland. Seminary/Foothill, 23rd/East 15th, Fruitvale/East 14th, Jingletown. Add to this the Reagan crack epidemic ND the influx of Immigrants from Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Oakland was the wild west. Too Short said it back then. LIFE IA TOO SHORT. Thanks for uploading.
They murdered Jerry. I’m so hurt. I’m an outsider seeing this for first time in January 2022. My Lord. Thanks to the Barkin family, mama Lee and all of the, for agreeing to share their lives with us.
You .live your life like you want to. Every body has a choice. I grew up in the middle of all these. In Oakland Ca .in the 1980s I could say that i been lucky to be alive. Whene ias 7 years old i witness a guy get stabe to death, it was around 9 30 pm. He was in his car dying i looked at him and he looked at me he didiint say nothing he died soon after. At 8 years old i witness a fight between two gangs i was siting down just talking to my girlfriend. And suddenly a gang member pull a gun oot and start shooting i saw a bullet towrds me but didint hit me it was near. That haopend back in 1983. I never had a dad or a mom. I always live with strangers but at 9 years old i was educated by this man, and he show me the way. So i decided that my life would be education and sports, thats what i did. I never had smoke , drink, or do any kind of drugs. In this present day im living in a car, long story how i ended here but it was not because bad choices , it just a money problem economic, but i believe in in the almighty and i believe in me i also believe that thier is good poeple. Things are going to get better i keep my life style i have my books on my side and my desire to be better every day that goes by. So we all have choicees dont get discourage, fight for somethimg that will benifit you and your family, not for a Gang, dosent make sense.to die for that. Thanks you all.
I mean you right that everyone makes choices but I have friend who were deeeeep into the life by age 9. think about that. you wanna, at age 9, disappoint your older brother, your dad and your uncle who all see this as a way of being a 'real man' ? everyone has a different experience, and temperament, so experiences hit them different. I have homeys who people would consider terrible ppl but I saw ptsd change them and no one helps bc they're seen as 'making the choice to be bad' Just seeing both sides of it cause some ppl see, we have a choice, and think oh well somethings wrong with me. but none of these kids were bad man. not everyone knows how to get out of stuff they're into by the time they grow up
Interesting and well-done documentary. I wonder if that guy who supposedly suicided was actually murdered by LE. It seems more than likely since he spit on LE and they beat him afterwards. It was common to "find" pachucos in the 1940s supposedly hung by suicide in jail cells in the L.A. area. They didn't commit suicide but few protested and challenged those claims. It's possible to believe that one or two did that at that time but this was pretty common in the 40s and maybe even after that.
what happened to jerry is similar to that Sandra bland? lady who they said committed suicide like him but they are saying the cops beat him badly that he died...hmmm
Yea i have seen 80 blocks to Tiffany's it kinda does have a similar style. the West Coast Chicano Version of it. the other Documentary was good and showed what the Bronx was like in the late 70s early 80s. as you can see Oakland was pretty wild back in the early 80s. Oakland has always had a rep.
thegreenblazer1 well bean from what i hear is still alive not sure if hes still in oakland . his brother dacing dan passed away in 2005 of natural causes . sadly to say mrs parkin died in a car accident on 880 in the late 80s like in 1988 or 89 . my homie twinkie is still alive and lives in sacramento now . but i seen this on pbs when i was a kid around the same time style wars came on pbs .style wars was a documentary about graffitti writers hope that helps ...
Hope Twinkie is still alive 🙏 I know him and a few Homies from Oakland. There was always cool. The twins, Fran Rich puppet joker Joaquin big Nate Malta a lot more. Rest in peace to the ones that are gone. much love and respect from the Homies SFM 🫡
Whites also. Believe me or not. Im from Gary Indiana I've had police threaten me when I was 17. Also have had COs beat me so bad while I was handcuffed I lost feeling In two of my fingers.
Hi I'm trying to get a hold of people from the rolling 60"s oakland I've been trying for year to contact Lee (mama Lee carroll or some who nows her or if she's still around she did a documentary like the one she was in back in the 80's on 38th an 96's loc's I met her at a program I was sent too by the courts if you can help out in anyway truly appreciate it
There is no such thing as Rollin 60s in Oakland. These guys happen to be from 63rd St, but it’s not affiliated with the Rollin 60s. The Rollin 60s are crip gang from LA that are are now all over country but crips or bloods have never been able to establish anything in Oakland except maybe a few Asian and Somoan gangs but definitely not Rollin 60s. Any Latino gang in that area is probably affiliated with Norteno or Sureno gangs now. Hope this helps you out a little bit.
yea i sort of remember it wasn't it called mikos arcade . i also remember a grocery store on 25th ave and E14th st behind macdonalds that use to have arcade games as well ...
Thanks for posting this. I will use this for consciousness raising programs for Latinos and other young men of color I teach and mentor. Does anyone know where I can obtain a copy of this film for educational purposes?
@RadiclExtrmstNorteno for the same reason most gangmembers don't both Noretenos and Surenos . they would rather do drugs get drunk or do stupid shit then work .
i remember the millroc and i also remember when e14th st was the strip i used to cruis it on weekends in the mid 90s all the lowrider car clubs would be out there those where the good old days now everything is all fucked up in oakland ....
sad to say many of them are dead now many where killed by rival gangs and drug dealers back in the 80s . i personally know 2 fudes on this documentary that are alive and doing good but there kids are going down this sam path . i hear bean the main cholo on this film is still alive . it's all part of the vida loca ....
Much respect to to bago510 for showing this documentary. I grew up in East Oakland and used TY o kick it by quick ways and would always see one of the b rothers (calls? The main one in d doc) even up to the 2000s. Peace & God bless
I remember a few of these guys from a bar called The Millroc. Different times back then. lowered impalas derby jackets. E14th was the strip I had friends that went to Street Academy I ended up at Dewey though.
