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ALLEN and ALBERT HUGHES, 21-year old twins, and directors of "Menace To Society" (Fine Line)

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Allen and Albert Hughes are 21-year old twins.
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Their mother steered them away from drugs and gangs when they were twelve.
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Tyger Williams is a 23-year old screenwriter.
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For every 'good' kid that makes it out of the ghetto, there are five more who don't.
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2: ALLEN and ALBERT HUGHES, 21-year old twins, and directors of "Menace To Society" (Fine Line). Their mother steered them away from drugs and gangs when they were twelve by buying them video equipment. After making several music videos and short films, they've made their first feature. It's a picture firmly in the gangster genre, an unflinching film about young men growing up in Watts. The film's 23-year old screenwriter Tyger Williams explains: "For every 'good' kid that makes it out of the ghetto, there are five more who don't. We asked the question, 'What's their story?'

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