By David Owens
Finding Hope Now is a new movie creating quite a buzz. And it was filmed in Fresno!
The movie, from Skin Mead's screenplay, is based on Pastor Roger Minassian's book, "Gangs to Jobs" published in 2003.
It's a true story about how a local Pastor started a program to take gang kids off the streets of Fresno and prepare them for real jobs. It focuses on Santos, a 16-year-old kid torn between joining a gang to survive and support his pregnant 14-year-old girlfriend -- and joining Reverend Minassian's program to change his life.
Writer Skin Mead wrote the screenplay and is producer
for the movie directed by Jennifer Tadlock
Skin Mead's screenplay has already won a number of awards
Now the film is showing at film festivals and is sure to gain some notice.
Watch for wide distribution to come soon!
Movie Cast
Finding Hope Now is a new movie creating quite a buzz. And it was filmed in Fresno!
The movie, from Skin Mead's screenplay, is based on Pastor Roger Minassian's book, "Gangs to Jobs" published in 2003.
It's a true story about how a local Pastor started a program to take gang kids off the streets of Fresno and prepare them for real jobs. It focuses on Santos, a 16-year-old kid torn between joining a gang to survive and support his pregnant 14-year-old girlfriend -- and joining Reverend Minassian's program to change his life.
Writer Skin Mead wrote the screenplay and is producer
for the movie directed by Jennifer Tadlock
Skin Mead's screenplay has already won a number of awards
Now the film is showing at film festivals and is sure to gain some notice.
Watch for wide distribution to come soon!
Movie Cast
Director:
Jennifer TadlockWriter:
Skin Mead (screenplay)More Finding Hope Now Staff and Cast on IMDB
The book
"Gangs to Jobs” tells how a program helped transform the auto theft capital of California into a 2000 All-America City.
Inspired to action by the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the Rev. Roger Minassian began a journey from middle class pulpit to “the other America.”
What the author discovered led to the founding of Hope Now For Youth, an award-winning solution to gang crime and violence that since 1993 has placed nearly 1,700 gang members into jobs at 400 businesses, with an amazing 85% success and only 8% recidivism.
Helping us conquer fear most people have of gang members, the author allows the us to understand the causes of negative gang behavior. Minassian is instructive as he integrates stories of successful ex-gang members with practical steps citizens can follow in their own communities.
This book offers hope and a practical method of gang intervention. the book finishes explaining how this highly successful program was started and how it can be implemented elsewhere.
The movie is getting a good buzz and is popping up all over. Look for a screening near your soon!
A few places to find out more:
A few places to find out more:
Trailer
Skin Mead
The beginning of the project
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