12 O'Clock Boys

12 O'Clock Boys is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Lotfy Nathan. The documentary focuses on urban dirt-bike riders in Baltimore, Maryland, and one boy's fascination with dirt bikes and desire to join the 12 O'Clock Boys group (named for doing a high angle wheelie that mimics a clock’s hands at 12 o'clock).^[1]

The group, known as the "12 O'Clock Boyz", emerged at illegal street rides by the start of the 21st century, and two members videotaped the stunts in 2001 and 2003.^[2] For the documentary the boy, Pug, was filmed over several years starting when he was 11, using a high-speed Phantom camera, whose footage was slowed, as well as a Canon 7G, with the crew strapped into the bed of a truck. Nathan, the director, was arrested once on suspicion of participation in the rides. The film also includes interviews with members of the group as well as Pug's mother, Coco,^[1] plus footage from a variety of local newscasts and clips from the 12 O'Clock Boyz videos.^{[citation needed]}

The film was premiered at South by Southwest 2013,^[3] and had its Baltimore premiere at the Maryland Film Festival 2013.^[4] It was acquired for U.S. theatrical distribution by Oscilloscope Laboratories in 2013.^[5]

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• 12 O'Clock Boys at IMDb
• 12 O'Clock Boys at Rotten Tomatoes

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