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“If it wasn’t for the Ounce family, I wouldn’t have as many opportunities as I do now. They taught me to never give up, and that’s exactly what I did”.
The words of teenager Jalen Rayford speaking in front of nearly 1000 people and contributing to the conversation we need to have. Not only in reference to the population in the South of Chicago, but all over the world. That teenage girl, brave and intelligent, has decided to do something with what the world has given her. The channel is an organization put together and led by three incredible visionaries who decided enough was enough decades ago.
Thomas Morgan’s documentary short Tomorrow’s Hope is an informative dive into the educational system in South Chicago and how it has progressed since the program Educare started a few years back. But it’s not only a testimonial archive formed around the interviews of the program’s pioneers. It’s told from the inspiring perspective of three teenage students who were all raised under the program’s focus. We see their progress converge in an uplifting cut of their graduation ceremonies.
A poverty-stricken is the subject of Morgan’s lens. But he goes deeper in the chronology of the matter, and explores the roots of what’s also a social issue. The “projects” was the housing development in which African-American families lived decades ago and became a hub for gang activity. Amidst the violence, teachers thought of a way to raise children in an educational environment that would extract them from what was basically a gang-related culture. They were headed straight towards that and between parents and teachers they said “stop”.
But they still suffer from the aftermath of violence in their nucleus. Dead siblings and parental abuse have impacted them for life. But through the Ounce family (a consequence of Educare), they’ve been able to visualize a future. And as Jamal, one of the teenager subjects, sincerely puts it, in the end all he “hopes is to see some change”. Yeah buddy, we’re right there with you. But it’s not only his responsibility. More than celebrating what a beautiful film Tomorrow’s Hope is, we need to help turn the “future” into something positive. They hope their future isn’t only to survive, but to thrive in a society that always looked down on them because of the color of their skin.
Tomorrow’s Hope also reveals something far more progressive than we can imagine. The “projects” were demolished and housing simply changed. Families saw how their homes tumbled down and became rubble. And as tragic as this sounds, it opened the window towards what many saw as a necessary change in the perspective.
Nevertheless, it wasn’t easy. The Beethoven Project transformed itself into something much more optimistic and functional. The pioneers at the helm of such an ambitious project are responsible for Crystal, Jalen and Jamal’s futures in making this world a better place. They’re still active and still hoping to improve lives for the 5 million children who still live in poverty conditions. Tomorrow’s Hope only reveals the surface of one of the most beautiful endeavors on the planet. After the documentary, you will want to go deeper.
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