All These Sons

Synopsis

Directors:
Bing Lui, Joshua Altman
US. 88 min.

What will it take to break the cycles of violence in Chicago’s South and West sides? William “Billy” Moore (of Green ReEntry) and Marshall Hatch Jr. (co-founder of MAAFA Redemption Project) are both leaders helping young men at risk of becoming victims or perpetrators of gun violence in their respective communities. But as everyone knows: There are no easy solutions. Like their stirring Oscar-nominated documentary Minding the Gap, Chicago filmmaker Bing Liu and Joshua Altman unflinchingly lay bare masculinity in crisis, an array of intractable social conditions that are near impossible to shake, and yet the hope and inspiration that can emerge from mutual struggle and brotherhood. Intimate, heartbreaking, deftly edited, and deeply compassionate, All These Sons is a stunning and candid portrait of generations of men looking to lift themselves up.