American History X
American History X is an Academy Award-nominated 1998 film directed by Tony Kaye. Edward Norton was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. The film tells the story of two brothers, Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong) of Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California. Both are extremely bright and charismatic students, but Derek is drawn into the Neo-Nazi and racist underground after their father, a firefighter, is killed by an African-American drug dealer while trying to put out a fire in a South Central neighborhood. Derek murders two African-American gang members trying to steal his car and is sent to prison. This story tells how Danny is influenced by his older brother's actions and thoughts and how Derek, now deeply enlightened by his experience in confinement, tries to prevent his brother from going down the same road he did.
The movie begins with a flashback involving a scene pivotal to understanding the causality of the rest of the narrative's major plot points. The scene depicts Derek shooting and killing two black gang members as they attempt to steal his truck. --read more of the plot here | it may contain spoilers and it does include the ending
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