"La Vida Loca" by Christian Poveda

“La Vida Loca” reflects a depressing and hopeless reality. The documentary, filmed by photojournalist and filmmaker Christian Poveda follows some of the members of la 18 (the 18th Street branch of the mara gangs) in a poor San Salvador neighborhood.

See a video interview with the director here: latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2009/04 /la-vida-loca-ref...