The Deadly Art of Survival

Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing as the owners of a rival dojo. Director Charlie Ahearn (who helmed the landmark hip-hop film Wild Style) used the housing projects next to his New York Lower East Side apartment as his central location in this 1979 classic, shot on a vintage Super 8 camera.

• Charlie AhearnDirector
• Charlie AhearnWriter

• Nathan IngramCast
• George David GonzalezCast
• Miguel VillanuevaCast
• Gerard HovagimyanCast
• Kiki SmithCast
• Freddy RiveraCast
• Arthur AbramsCast
• Paula HumphreyCast
• Rosetta CampbellCast
• Yoshiko ChumaCast
• Beth BCast
• Gahiji Tee PanteraCast