WHEN CLAUDE GOT SHOT

This unscripted feature follows five years in the life of Claude Motley as he tries to recover mentally and physically from being shot in the face by carjacker Nathan King, a 15 year-old boy at the time.

Diverted from his legal career, Claude must persist through multiple surgeries, catastrophic health care bills and stress on his family while remaining engaged in the criminal justice journey determining his shooter's fate. Torn between punishment and the injustice of mass incarceration of young black men, Claude reflects on his own life and its similarity to Nathan's. As he struggles to heal, mentally and physically, he ultimately discovers that the path to recovery leads to forgiveness. Executive Produced by Snoop Dogg.

Screening with Short Film

MENDING A CRACK IN THE SKY

Canada, 2021, 9 min, Directors Roble Issa & Zach Jama

Shamso Mohamoud and Shamso Elmi both lost their sons to violence. Now, the two Somali-Canadian mothers have organized a group to collectively combat gun violence and hardship while facing cultural and racial barriers.