Kill the Poor (film)

Kill the Poor
Directed by Alan Taylor
Produced by Ruth Charny
Lianne Halfon
Russell Smith
John Malkovich
Gary Winick
Alexis Alexnian
Written by Daniel Handler
Based on Kill the Poor by Joel Rose
Starring David Krumholtz
Clara Bellar
Paul Calderón
Jon Budinoff
Cliff Gorman
Damian Young
Heather Burns
Otto Sanchez
Zak Orth
Larry Gilliard Jr.
Distributed by IFC Films
Release dates
Tribeca Film Festival
May 9, 2003
United States limited
January 6, 2006
Running time
85 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Kill the Poor is director Alan Taylor's screen adaptation of a novel by Joel Rose. The film is set in Manhattan's Alphabet City in the early 1980s, when the neighborhood was a center of illegal drug activity. The film's title comes from the Dead Kennedys song "Kill the Poor".

Plot

Kill the Poor begins with a fire in the apartment of tough guy Carlos DeJesus and his trouble-making son, Segundo. The screenplay then focuses on the other tenants of the rundown building in an attempt to determine who set the blaze.

The other principals are:

A shared distrust of Carlos and Segundo unites this eclectic group and prompts them to hold "co-op" meetings with one goal: eviction of Carlos and Segundo DeJesus.

Release

Kill the Poor was first screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2003. It was then shown in 2006 at the IFC Center in New York City.

Cast

References


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