My Turn: After three decades of prison, looking in a real mirror
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Published: 5/12/2021 6:38:51 PM
When he was 3, Eugene Youngblood’s mother went to prison for seven years. When he was 10, his only caretaker died, and he joined a local gang. At 13, he was shot by a rival gang member on the streets of Los Angeles. At 15, he dropped out of school and began dealing cocaine. At 18, he was found guilty of murder in a drug war, even though he was not present when the trigger was pulled. He received a 65-year sentence.
In prison, Youngblood participated in numerous programs, took college classes, was a leader of the Black Prisoners Caucus, and mentored scores of other men. In the words of his lawyer, he became a “shining example of rehabilitation.”
Old, new, major, minorâhereâs our city, and sometimes our state, on the screen.
Photo collage: Shutterstock by Everett Collection and Featureflash Photo Agency, Seattle Met composite.
A pan across lake union. Then we plunge into a tugboat s engine room, where we meet the married, middle-aged couple who own it. They ll spend the next hour and a half engaged in bouts of slapstick bickering. Thatâs how Seattle first hit cinema screens, in 1933, in
Tugboat Annie. It s not exactly a must-see, but since then, the city and the state around it have been portrayed in hundreds of movies (many shot in Vancouver, BC). Below are brief reviews of films that are significantly set here, divided alphabetically into three categories: Definitely Watch, Worth a Watch, and Skip. Weâll keep adding as we keep watching.
Columnist Razvan Sibii: After three decades of prison, looking in a real mirror
Eugene Youngblood Submitted photo
By Razvan Sibii
When he was 3, Eugene Youngblood s mother went to prison for seven years. When he was 10, his only caretaker died, and he joined a local gang. At 13, he was shot by a rival gang member on the streets of Los Angeles. At 15, he dropped out of school and began dealing cocaine. At 18, he was found guilty of murder in a drug war, even though he was not present when the trigger was pulled. He received a 65-year sentence.
In prison, Youngblood participated in numerous programs, took college classes, was a leader of the Black Prisoners Caucus, and mentored scores of other men. In the words of his lawyer, he became a “shining example of rehabilitation.”