FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence | Trailer
Preview: Season 7 Episode 7 | 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Exploring the personal stories of people affected by gun violence in Chicago.
The number of gun violence victims in Chicago may fluctuate, but the psychological trauma in many neighborhoods is constant. How do wounded communities heal? FIRSTHAND: GUN VIOLENCE explores the personal stories of people whose lives have been affected and how each, in their own way, is transforming pain and struggle into hope and action.
Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence | Trailer
Preview: Season 7 Episode 7 | 56sVideo has Closed Captions
The number of gun violence victims in Chicago may fluctuate, but the psychological trauma in many neighborhoods is constant. How do wounded communities heal? FIRSTHAND: GUN VIOLENCE explores the personal stories of people whose lives have been affected and how each, in their own way, is transforming pain and struggle into hope and action.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle music) - [NOEMI] The truth is, my son is gone, and it will never bring him back.
- [TINA] Gun violence, an American epidemic.
- [INDIA] My friend was killed on her way home from school.
She got killed on her way to get a prom dress.
I suffer from PTSD.
- [NOEMI] No one deserves to die in a violent way.
- [TINA] Turning tragedy into hope and action.
- [INDIA] Everything I went through and everything I'm going to go through, I know I have a good support system.
- So how's it been?
How you been coping?
Know that it's okay not to be okay.
I'm living for my son 'cause I know I've meant something to someone else just based off me showing up, being there.
- [TINA] From WTTW, Firsthand Gun Violence on Local, USA.
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