N.O.L.A. Life has been called "the truest, grittiest, most realistic depiction of New Orleans life and culture ever rendered to film." The brainchild of New Orleans native and former juvenile offender turned actor, producer, activist, and educator, Ameer Baraka, this no holds barred multi-episode drama exposes the underbelly of New Orleans society, and takes audiences on a wild, emotional ride through the city's toughest housing projects, its most corrupt police precincts, and its most murderous streets, all while showing the redemptive power of one man's love for his fellow man, his people, and his city.
Director: Ameer Baraka & Dan Garcia
Director: Ameer Baraka & Dan Garcia
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00:00On a Friday, we had 163 murders in the city.
00:07We are number one in the United States.
00:13The mayor's top priority is to stop these killings.
00:16The broad just hit me.
00:18Get a nigga in the room, go in there, take care of your business.
00:21Land now.
00:22Don't check it.
00:23Come to find out, you heard me?
00:24T.T.
00:25You know what I'm saying?
00:26Put a hit on Brandon, man.
00:27You heard me?
00:28Look, I got 10 racks apiece.
00:29Y'all blow that bitch's heart out of his back, you know what I'm saying?
00:34Amir, I got some news for you.
00:36What is it?
00:37You made pro.
00:38So what's the catch?
00:39God has given me a second chance, and I have to make up for all the wrong I've done.
00:44I was once part of the problem, but now I have to be part of the solution.
00:48I missed you so much, I can't even begin to describe it.
00:53All we want is the fucking dope and the money.
00:57You niggas produce that, you niggas can go home.
01:00There's going to be a mixed development going down right here as soon as we tear down these
01:04godforsaken projects.
01:05Take your little drug money and buy up all these rolls of property.
01:09The value's going to triple.
01:11Most black kids are not going to become involved in gun crimes.
01:15But you know who the kids who are involved are.
01:18You got to sit on those kids and turn around before they end up taking your life.
01:23Why don't your brother like you throw your future away, man?
01:26Future?
01:27The future you would have if you was in school, man.
01:29If all of that is useless, there'll never be nothing.
01:35Just like you.
01:37You're just like everybody else at this school, just there for a fucking paycheck.
01:40Now excuse me.
01:43The man you brought to this school is an ex-con.
01:46And what's your point, Green?
01:48The point is, I want him out!
01:49I'll put up that money.
01:51I got a hundred stacks for all three of them, you motherfuckers.
01:53You gave me your word.
01:55And somebody tried to kill him today.
01:57Fucking bastard, I hate you! Let me go!
02:00Good kids don't go around killing a motherfucker while they're on their porch eating chicken.
02:03It wasn't my fault! I'm sorry!
02:06It's going to be okay.
02:23You