AND IS GETTING PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY THINKING
OF SOLUTIONS TO THE
PROBLEM.
NEWS 13 )S JAMI SEYMORE
SPOKE WITH THOSE BEHIND
THE DOCUMENTARY
TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY
HOPE TO CHANGE.
JAMI.
JOHN ACOSTA WAS RAISED
IN THE DUKE CITY AND
SAYS HE )S SEEN FRIENDS
OVER
THE YEARS GO TO
JAIL...SOME HAVE EVEN
DIED.
HE HOPES HIS NEWEST WORK
WILL INSPIRE KIDS TO
THINK ABOUT A
DIFFERENT KIND OF
FUTURE.
These things do happen
and we do need to talk
about them.
MOTHERS REMEMBERING
THEIR CHILDREN,VICTIMS
OF VIOLENCE.
A GROUP OF RECENT HIGH
SCHOOL
GRADS...IDENTITIES
CONCEALED AND
VOICES DISTORTED,
REMEBER HOW THEY GREW
UP.
The driver of that
vehicle turned around
and opened fire on
everyone in the back
seat. ALL PARTS OF THE
FILM )GROWING UP IN THE
REAL BREAKING BAD
ALBUQUERQUE ),
THE NEWEST PIECE BY
FILMMAKER JOHN ACOSTA,
HE IS ONE OF THE
CREATORS OF THE YOUTUBE
SERIES "DUKE CITY
DIARIES."
I felt like I needed to
create something.
ACOSTA SAYS VIOLENCE IN
RAMPANT IN THE COMMUNITY
AND HE ALONG WITH THE
TEENS FEATURED IN THE
FILM, WANT SOMETHING TO
CHANGE.
It just makes me wonder,
what is happening? How
do we fix this? How can
we even talk about it,
right,
because we don )t even
talk about it.
THE DOCUMENTARY COVERS
HEAVY TOPICS LIKE TEENS
USING DRUGS AND
MURDERING PEOPLE,
ACOSTA AND HIS TEAM HOPE
THE SHOCKING REALITY OF
IT GETS PEOPLE TALKING.
These things do happen
and we do need to talk
about them. Even if we
push them to the back
and act like they
didn )t happen, they
still did.
HE SAYS HE HOPES
FOCUSING ON YOUNG PEOPLE
SENDS A STRONG
MESSAGE, AND GETS BETTER
RESULTS.
We have an opportunity
here in Albuquerque to
really create something
powerful when it comes
to
finding solutions to
this problem.
ACOSTA WORKED WITH YOUTH
FROM "THE SOUTHWEST
ORGANIZING"
PROJECT.
THAT )S A METRO
NON-PROFIT THAT BRINGS
ATTENTION TO ECONOMIC,
POLITICAL AND CULTURAL
ISSUES.
CRYSTAL, BACK TO YOU.
THANKS, JAMI.
THE GROUP PLANS TO HOST
COMMUNITY SCREENINGS OF
THE
PIECE AND BRING IT TO
AREA HIGH SCHOOLS. WE
PUT A LINK ON OUR
WEBSITE SO YOU CAN WATCH
THE DOCUMENTARY
YOURSELF.
YOU )LL FIND IT UNDER THE
"ALWAYS ON" TAB.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
SWEET VIDEO--GOING VIRAL
