Warrior Boyz is a documentary film that tells the story of a long running gang scene that has claimed over 100 young lives in Greater Vancouver’s South Asian community since the late 1980’s. Surprisingly, many of these young gang members come from tight knit families in middle class neighbourhoods. Filmmaker Baljit Sangra, herself a South Asian, looks behind the cliché’s into the daily lives of three first generation Canadians to find out why these young people are drawn away from the strong family values of their parents into the false glamour of the gangster life. Warrior Boyz focuses on the often troubled and touching daily lives of two teenagers, Tanvir and Vicki, who are in danger of crossing the line from detentions at school to confinement in jail.
We also meet a scarred survivor- an ex-gangster who shares his story of getting out. On the other side is an outspoken iconoclast high school vice principal who has witnessed many young lives end tragically. This interconnected cast of real people provides an in-depth look at a disturbing trend within our urban immigrant landscape.
Warrior Boyz provides an insightful, ground–level exploration of the “warrior/gangsta” juxtaposition, which has become a part of the Indo-Canadian experience.
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