“Nobody really understood, ... that understanding is the beginning of the healing process for these young people”
~ Harlan Redmond

Realizing A Dream

Director: Erwin Darmali | Running time: 9 min | Released: 2018 | Genre: Documentary Short Film | Rating: G

About the film:

A community (known as “The Blood Corner”) stuck between rival gangs suffering from drugs, prostitution, violence, and at one point had the highest daytime crime in all of Los Angeles. The epicenter of the activities, the neighborhood convenience store, was used in Ice Cube’s music video telling a story of gang life in “Why We Thugs”.
John and Vera Mae Perkins heard about this place as they were considering retirement and decided to move in there and help create change to the society. Through the years they had to endure mountains of challenges but they were able to stabilize the community. The next challenge was to start the healing process, starting with who suffers the most - the kids.

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