DIE LIKE A MAN Explores the Rites of Passage and Codes of Masculinity

Set in the heart of a rapidly gentrifying west Los Angeles neighborhood still reeling from decades of guns and gang violence across the four corners near Venice, a working-class single mom desperately tries to wean her 17 year-old son Freddy away from a veteran gangster who has become a father figure to him. "Die Like a Man" explores the rites of passage and codes of masculinity that are at the forefront of our current era's zeitgeist, as well as the acceleration of gentrification and its effect on communities in LA today.

Eric Nazarian’s DIE LIKE A MAN is what cinema is all about. Depicting real life. The film is set in the heart of a rapidly gentrifying west Los Angeles neighborhood still reeling from decades of guns and gang violence across the four corners near Venice.

A working-class single mom desperately tries to wean her 17 year-old son Freddy away from a veteran gangster who has become a father figure to him. 

"Die Like a Man" explores the rites of passage and codes of masculinity that are at the forefront of our current era's invisible force, as well as the acceleration of gentrification and its effect on communities in LA today.

The film co-stars Miguel Angel Garcia (TV series Promised Land) and Mariel Molino (NCIS: Origins) as Luna, who sees who Freddy could be, the film was shot entirely in L.A.’s inner-city neighborhoods with real community ties—including a partnership with Father Gregory Boyle’s Homeboy Industries and Berenice Molina's from The Street to the Sets.

DIE LIKE A MAN is a must see film, for both young people and adults. This film can change lives, neighborhoods and helps to define what real manhood is and it’s not holding a gun. 

I loved this film, because it shows how impressionable young people are today and we need more mature, wise adults to stand up end lead them in the right direction. A direction of following your dreams and knowing you can go beyond your surroundings or help change your surroundings. 

This film is gritty, tense, heartbreaking and believe it or not, it’s full of wisdom if you take time to listen. There are lessons to be learned from this film. So make sure you add it to your list of must see films.

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