American History X

American History X is a 1998 drama film staring starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It tells the story of two brothers Derek Vinyard (Norton) and Daniel "Danny" Vinyard (Furlong). Their father, a firefighter, is murdered by a black drug dealer while trying to extinguish a fire in a South Central neighborhood of Los Angeles, and Derek is drawn into the neo-Nazi movement. Derek brutally kills two black gang members whom he catches in the act of breaking into the truck left to him by his father, and is sentenced to three years in prison for voluntary manslaughter. The story shows how Danny is influenced by his older brother's actions and ideology and how Derek, now radically changed by his experience in incarceration, which includes violent rape by white inmates, tries to prevent his brother from going down the same path as he did.

Although this storyline is the opposite of mine as Sonny is trying to get Rob to go down the same path as him, it explores a complicated sibling relationship that has came about due to the death of their father, which is the same as the characters in my play. Derek looks out for Danny in the same way that Sonny looks out for Rob, even though they have different intentions, the relationship in this film can help me when I develop the relationship between my characters.