Film Screening “Shell Shocked” | SF

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New Orleans, Louisiana has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the United States. For the last decade, statistics have shown murder rates four to six times higher than the national average. Eighty percent of the victims are black males, mostly in their teenage years. This is the city’s greatest neglected crisis with profound implications for the issues of violence and crime most American cities face.

New Orleans’ government, law enforcement, community leaders, and well-intentioned citizens cannot agree on a prognosis or a solution to this situation. Wherever a disagreement is escalating into violence, an execution is being planned, or a victim is taking his last breath, it is more than likely a youth is witnessing or carrying out these actions.

Shell Shocked attempts to bridge the gap of disconnect by hearing ideas, opinions and testimonies from activists, community leaders, police, city officials, youth program directors, family and friends of victims, and children who live in these violent circumstances. They are looking for positive solutions to an extremely negative situation.

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