Hello everyone,

It has been quite the journey.  Two and a half years, over $30000 of my own money, multiple threats and death threats, and virtually zero support from many levels of the community, I still have made it.

I want to thank those who did support me, the voices of the few have overpowered the odds.  This film has the potential to bring awareness to those who live in denial, and break down the walls of ignorance for those who have hid behind them for so long.

This stage, the director’s cut, is the final “big” stage before the film will be released.  I have been adhereing to a very strict work schedule for my film, one that entails more than 50 hours/week.

Many have asked why I am driven to the point of self demise.  With limited chance at financial gain, for which has no motive or bearing on me, and a high chance of community backlash, my drive is fueled by the thoughts of true beliefs.  That if I can save one of our precious youth from ever picking up a gun or in any other way getting involved in that ‘gang lifestyle’, then I have succeeded many times over.

Thank you again everyone, I look forward to seeing everyone at the premiere screening.

mani

“Whoever destroys a soul, it is considered as if he destroyed an entire world. And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world.”

- Jerusalem Talmud, Sanhedrin 4:8 (37a)