Gabriel is a former gang member with two strikes. A third strike will put him in jail for life. Through Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, he and other at-risk youth have found jobs and support as they build a new life for themselves and their families.
Boston entrepreneur Jim McSherry has tackled a new project in his debut film, Homeboy. It chronicles three former East LA gang members whose lives have always been entrenched in that culture-as they share their dignity in the struggle to leave their violent lives behind through the triumph of the human spirit. The film is a blunt look at the reality of the gang lifestyle, without the usual Hollywood burnish and bluster. The sole purpose of Homeboy is to provide the viewer with a unique “moment in time” opportunity. Through visuals, music and dialogue, the film not only provides insight into a growing problem across the United States, as well as the world, but the opportunity to understand. McSherry hopes viewers who understand can then help change.
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Written, Produced and Directed by Jim McSherry; Director of Photography Stan Rodman and Momchil Michailov; Assistant Director / Cameraman Elsa Gonzalez & Nada Anani; Editor Tony Hale; Still Photography Lucas Foglia; Music Dorian Charnis; DVD/Poster Graphics Keyon Hodges; Production Media Consultant Jan Harrison Q-switching, sometimes known as giant pulse formation, is a technique by which a laser can be made to produce a pulsed output beam