13 September 2017

Jedidiah Brown protests with Kenneka Jenkins’ sister Leonore Harris outside the Crowne Plaza hotel in September of 2017.

Jedidiah has been deeply involved in advocacy for more than a decade in Chicago. But he is not alone. Thousands of young people are in Jedidiah’s shoes and fighting a daily unseen battle to survive – and these injustices extend far beyond Chicago. This film tells the story of this particular man, but also tells a bigger story of how young African-American men in their late 20s and early 30s struggle to confront generational trauma by trying to build a sustainable life in a place where their very existence is in jeopardy. The emotional toll of this constant struggle is rarely discussed.