» Bill Cowell, Founder of The Buffalo Niagara
Film Festival is proud to announce a victorious
return for #2.
Bill pledges that this will be a spectacular 2nd year with large events and big
surprises to be talked about for years to come. Enjoyment to all, and to all
an enjoyable plight. See you soon.
Father
G and the Homeboys (greatwaveproductions.com)-
Friday, March 30th, 8:50pm Downtown Buffalo/Theatre
District, Market Arcade Screen 2
'Father
G and The Homeboys' is a documentary that
follows 4 homies through 3 years of ups and
downs as they try to re-direct their lives
with the help of Father Greg Boyle-a jesuit
priest. Father G has worked with the gangs
of East Los Angeles for over 20 years. Watch
as his grassroots organization 'Homeboy Industries'
begins to change society's views of kids
involved in gangs. Narrated by Martin
Sheen.
DIRECTOR
STATEMENT
First Time Feature Director John Bohm is
an elementary school teacher in East Los
Angeles by day. On his off hours he directs
films. He has loved film for as long as
he can remember. It has been his dream
to work as a director and make films that
are not only interesting and compelling,
but socially relevant
His film "Father G and The Homeboys" has
been his life for the past 3 1/2 years-John
teaches elementary school in the area where
Fr. Greg Boyle's work is mainly centered-in
East Los Angeles- where gang violence and
drug selling is the norm. So many of the
children Mr. Bohm teaches come from families
where gangbanging has been generational.
So educating the youngsters of these families
becomes paramount to stopping the cycle of
gangbanging/drug selling/violece.
Fr. Greg Boyle's work with the gangs of East
Los Angeles is legendary-and with the advent
of this film-John Bohm hopes that millions
will see that we as a society can no longer
throw at risk kids away! We must give these
kids a chance to succed in life, a hope for
something better.
