The Deadly Art of Survival
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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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Nathan Ingram
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George David Gonzalez
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Miguel Villanueva
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Gerard Hovagimyan
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Kiki Smith
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Freddy Rivera
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Arthur Abrams
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Paula Humphrey
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Rosetta Campbell
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Yoshiko Chuma
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