Movie Details
Theatrical Release:December 18th, 2007
Original Language:English
Children of the War on the Web:Official Website
Children of the War (2007)
"The Birth of the Mara Salvatrucha aka MS13 the Worlds Most Violent Street Gang"Movie
Audience Score
DirectorAlexandre Fuchs
WritersJeff Zimbalist
Plot
Hijos de la Guerra Children of the War is a featurelength documentary film about the worlds largest and most violent street gang the Mara Salvatrucha also known as MS13 The Federal Bureau of Investigation has declared the MS13 the fastest growing and most violent street gang in the United States Through a series of over 80 interviews including gang members across several countries the gangs founders experts and academics and powerful footage inside jails in El Salvador ganginfested neighborhoods of Los Angeles and Salvadoran communities across the East Coast of the United States the film sheds light on the root personal reasons for gang membership the ensuing explosion of fratricidal violence as well as the complex role of social and government policy in both containing and aggravating gang proliferation
