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12 O'Clock Boys
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In Theaters January 31st, 2014
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© 2014 Oscilloscope Laboratories
The 12 O'Clock Boys are a notorious urban dirt bike pack in Baltimore—popping wheelies and weaving at excessive speeds through traffic, the group impressively evades the hamstrung police. In Lotfy Nathan's wild, dynamic documentary (three years in the making), their stunning antics are envisioned through the eyes of young adolescent Pug, a bright kid from the Westside obsessed with the riders and willing to do anything to join their ranks. Premiering to critical acclaim at the SXSW and Hot Docs Film Festivals (where Nathan won the HBO Emerging Artist Award), 12 O'CLOCK BOYS provides a compelling and intimate personal story of a young boy and his dangerous, thrilling dream.
Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
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Documentary filmmaker Lotfy Nathan explores the outlaw appeal of an inner-city Baltimore dirt-bike gang through the eyes of a 13-year-old wannabe member named Pug.
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 02.10.2014 -
Using Baltimore's dirt-bike groups as its entry point, the film offers a remarkable grassroots look at how the system is broken at the inner-city level.
Peter Debruge, Variety, 12.19.2013 -
The young filmmaker rarely digs beneath the harsh environment's many fraught surfaces. He simply lets his cameras be his guide.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 01.30.2014 -
"12 O'Clock Boys" packs more life into its 72 minutes than many longer documentaries do.
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times, 01.30.2014
