Dear Gene, Third World Newsreel distributes a short documentary about a former gang member who is now the Executive Director of a youth services organization.
EXCUSE MY GANGSTA WAYS by Corinne Manabat We all go through transitions in life, whether it's a career change, or moving, but for Davina Wan, hers has been very extreme - from the gang life to a "normal" life. EXCUSE MY GANGSTA WAYS is a documentary portrait on Davina Wan, a Chinese American woman, who was a former gang member from the 1990s Lower East Side. With interviews from her grandmother and godfather, this short film takes a look at the person she was and the person she has become, where fate and inspiration endure. Reviews *"Instructors examining girls' violence in a contemporary U.S. context may consider screening the short documentary EXCUSE MY GANGSTA WAYS. "* - Laurie Schaffner, Films for the Feminist Classroom Journal *From child immigrant to urban gangster, Davina Wan's adolescence resembles few others. This intimate portrait reveals her quest to turn her life around.* - San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival *An extraordinary look at Davina Wan’s intense and troubled youth of drugs, crime and family dysfunction, and her eventual transformation. There’s a lot of pain in this incredible young woman’s world, and the whole audience was moved by her journey.* - Ravi Chandra, SFIAAFF Blog *One of the best short films I've seen in a while, because it tells a surprising story about Davina Wan and her past life. Definitely worth watching.* - Hyphen Magazine Blog Film Festivals Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, 2009 African American Women in Cinema Film Festival, New York, 2008 Documentary Fortnight, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, 2009 *http://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/cpage.aspx?rec=1195&card=price* Sincerely, Roselly Roselly A. Torres Rojas Distribution & Marketing Director Third World Newsreel 545 8th Avenue, Suite 550 New York, NY 10018 (212) 947-9277 x17 distribut...@twn.org ------------------------- Order Online: www.twn.org Order Form: www.twn.org/twnpages/orders/twnorder.pdf > ----------------------------- > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:43:29 -0400 > From: "Berger, Gene" <berg...@lackawanna.edu> > Subject: [Videolib] gangs... > To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> > Message-ID: > < > 0f8e5f00be3d94458bc75544611cf2b9128d175...@exchangesrv.lackawanna.edu> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Greetings ~ > > Does anyone know of a DVD(s) that teachers/counselors can use to educate > students on the consequences of joining a street gang? > > Any suggestions you may have relating to this topic in any way would be > most helpful. > > Thank you in advance. > > Gene Berger > > Gene Berger, Print & Media Collection Librarian > Lackawanna College > Seeley Memorial Library > 406 North Washington Avenue > Scranton, PA 18503 > Email: berg...@lackawanna.edu<mailto:berg...@lackawanna.edu> > Phone: (570) 504-1590 > >
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