The Deadly Art of Survival

Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, non invasive martial arts epic like a community karate school proprietor who clashes with a bunch of drug traffickers posing as the owners of a rival dojo. Director Charlie Ahearn (who also helmed the milestone hip-hop movie Wild Style) employed the home jobs beside his own New York Lower East Side flat because his principal place in this 1979 timeless, shot a classic Super 8 camera.