Youngblood (1978)

Youngblood is a 1978 American film directed by Noel Nosseck. It stars Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and features Bryan O'Dell in the title role Michael "Youngblood" Gordon. Ren Woods has a prominent supporting role. It was released by American International Pictures. The soundtrack to the film was written and performed by War. Plot: A gang war/drug story set in a Los Angeles ghetto about the coming of age of a 15-year-old black youth. Storyline: Youngblood follows an African American teenager in 1970s South-Central Los Angeles whose search for purpose leads him into a local gang headed by a disillu…