The Deadly Art of Survival
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Overview
Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing as the owners of a rival dojo. Director Charlie Ahearn (who helmed the landmark hip-hop film Wild Style) used the housing projects next to his New York Lower East Side apartment as his central location in this 1979 classic, shot on a vintage Super 8 camera.
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drug dealer
new york city
martial arts
hip-hop
gang war
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disco
brooklyn bridge
housing project
street fight
downtown
ninjas
african american
old school
lower east side
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