friend of mine in Holland said there was a documentary tonight on Dutch TV about Bayview Hunters Point. Specifically, it’s about Brothers Against Guns, part of a City hall project from 2005. I see their own website expired already.
here’s the Dutch TV link this was not a standalone doc, but a segment on a news program ( a daily current affairs program). The segment is 18 minutes and was the second part of the news broadcast. “EénVandaag’ is screened from Monday through Saturday from 18.20 – 18.50 and draws a daily audience of 850,000 viewers. It has a marketshare of 20 %, and ranks among the most important current affairs shows on Dutch TV.”
update, the segment is now online. Much of this is in English, narration is Dutch
show description translated
Shawn Richard liep op 14-jarige leeftijd al rond met een pistool op zak, en was de leider van een drugs dealende bende in San Francisco. Zijn verhaal is karakteristiek voor het zware leven van zwarte jongeren in de ghetto’s van deze Amerikaanse stad. Tientallen jonge mensen worden er jaarlijks gedood door kogels. Ook de broer van Shawn. Hij stapte uit zijn gang en begon de organisatie Brothers against Guns. Deze organisatie biedt de jonge gangleden een alternatief in de hoop dat ze uit het leven van wapens en drugs stappen
Shawn Richard walked the streets with a gun, when he was 14 years old. Being the leader of a drug dealing gang in SF. His story is typical of the hard life that black young people have in the ghetto’s of this American city. Dozens are killed by bullets every year. Shawns brother died as well. He declined gang-life and started an organization Brothers against Guns. This organization offers young gang members an alternative in hopefully leaving their life controlled by weapons and drugs