mother

miles

In 1998, 18 year old LaTraun Parker made a documentary about the difficulties of growing up in Harlem. Eights years later he was shot dead on the street. Today his mother Jean Corbett-Parker fights youth gun violence and helps other parents survive the pain through her organization, Harlem Mothers. Weaving footage from LaTraun’s own film with scenes from Jean’s new life today, A Harlem Mother is a short documentary that tells this...

stephanie

Tomorrow night a beautiful film is screening at Rooftop Films called A Harlem Mother. This outstanding portrait of Jean Corbett Parker, co-founder of Harlem Mothers SAVE, describes what a mother goes through when she loses her son to gun violence. Filmmaker, Ivana Todorovic, has done a brilliant job of celebrating the work that Jean is doing for parents and their children in Harlem while never overlooking the challenges and sadness that permeate her life day after day.

jesse

Every day at 2:30pm an alarm goes off to remind Yvette Montanez that her 25-year-old daughter Aisha Santiago was killed by a stray bullet at that time on September 22nd, 2009.

Directed and Shot by Jessie Auritt

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