Sneak Peek: New Documentary, “Gunland,” Uncovers Depths Of Chicago Gun Violence

September 27, 2013  |  
By Brande Victorian
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Headlines about Chicago, Illinois, blare the staggering numbers of young people killed by gun violence. The city’s youth have seen dead bodies on the street and guns falling out of their classmates’ backpacks at school.  Children are being shot while playing in the park, or even while seated in the backseat of their parents’ car. Gun violence plagues this mid-western city and murders among black youth aged 15-24 is at an all-time high.

In a new documentary by Moguldom Films, a group of filmmakers goes deep into the youth culture of Chi-town and explores why having a gun — and not ambition — makes you “the man.”

Check out the trailer for the film in the video below and make sure to follow Gunland on social media (Facebook.com/GUNLANDfilm) and stay up on all future documentaries coming from Moguldom Films (Facebook.com/MoguldomFilms, @MoguldomFilms, Instagram.com/MoguldomFilms)

What do you think?

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  • FromUR2UB

    I was in Hot Springs, Akansas recently, and part of the town’s history is that Al Capone and other gangsters frequented the town in the 1930s. They had an agreement to call a truce for the time they were in town. I believe their motivation was that they believed the natural thermal waters in Hot Springs had healing powers, so they all wanted to be able to use them in peace. Previously, this had also been true for some warring Native American tribes, that for the time they were enjoying the springs, they left each other alone and were safe. So, what would it take to make the youth in Chicago call a truce, even for a day? What would be their incentive to voluntarily put down their guns, right now?

  • Just saying!!

    I believe a girl from my high school may be one of those filmmakers…if so that is very frickin cool…and even more so inspiring!

  • Bits

    how is chicago not considered the worst city in america on these ‘polls’ and according to ‘statistics’. i mean i love my chi-town peeps so don’t take it personal I just really want to know. who’s releasing these statistics the Muppet babies?