Rodney Lucas meets 1980s street bodybuilder Craig Monson against the social history of Black L.A.

The life of 1980s street bodybuilder Craig Monson, whose legend grew between South Central L.A., police crackdowns and the prison yard where he built his physique.

A sharp archival portrait of a bodybuilding legend shaped by Black L.A.'s contradictions.

Gaining notoriety in the ‘70s and ‘80s, street bodybuilder Craig Monson’s legend was shaped by the contradictions of Black L.A. Against the landscape of South Central and police crackdowns targeting his street gang the A

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