North Philadelphia, PA – Kev, El and Andy are three men united by one struggle: they are trying to defy gravity. As part of the 700,000 prisoners released into society every year, they find themselves faced with a chilling outlook: 67% of ex-offenders re-offend within three years. What explains this invisible force that keeps former inmates in a seemingly unending cycle of incarceration? Filmed on the street over the course of two years, Pull of Gravity is an intimate portrait of these three men that confronts head-on the gritty details of lives cut short by poverty and drugs, where dealing is seen as the only route to economic prosperity, where using offers an escape from powerlessness, and where prison is too often the next stop. The film’s unfiltered lense captures its subjects as they lay bare their stories, fears, and tentative dreams.
Similar titles
Reviews
Best movie of this year hands down!
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
"Pull of gravity" is a documentary dealing with the destinies of young men being released from prison and trying to adopt to their old neighborhoods without being arrested again.The film clearly shows that in some areas of the United States, it is a really tough challenge to stay within the legal borders in first place and to change life for the better after a prison sentence in the second. In neighborhoods, where job perspectives are depressing and where the only real opportunity to make money seems to involve drug-dealing, a different approach would be needed than just criminalizing whole communities even if they don't engage in criminal acts. There's a lot of support and opportunities required to really give people there a new perspective to earn a living without setting them up for the risk of being arrested or killed. The movie doesn't really offer solutions for that or anything alike but it clearly shows where most of the problems are situated.All in all this is an important film with an important message that especially people living in the states should pay attention to, to reflect on whether a harder line on criminals will really solve the problems.
Top Streaming Movies
