At its’ core Made in America is the story of modern Los Angeles, itself.

This is a frank, unflinching portrait of a segregated Shangri-La and the disenfranchised minority for whom the promise of the American Dream has crumbled away year-by-year, brick by brick, hope by hope and child by child. In setting out to examine the decades-long cycle of social deterioration and despair that has led to the rise of the violent African-American gang culture in Los Angeles, The Baron Davis Project is more than just another documentary exposé on gangs. This film is a compassionate sociological and psychological exploration and history of the African-American men and women who have been all too simply dismissed as gangbangers.

The Baron Davis Project from acclaimed documentary filmmaker and lifelong L.A. resident Stacy Peralta will rectify the prevalent misconception that gang members are born heartless killers with a love of violence and a reckless disregard for human life. These individuals are human beings who have been demeaned and derailed and have only resorted to desperate measures as a means for survival in a society that for generations has left them impoverished, isolated and disconnected from the promise that is America.