Think 2wice Inc

This project will develop a film/docu-series to serve as a prevention tool for youth who are at risk of gun or gang involvement, as a public awareness initiative, and knowledge sharing tool for service providers who support gang-involved youth and young people who are reintegrating back into the community. Additional interviews will be conducted with youth who have reintegrated back into the community, experts and professionals; film B roll; and contract post-production experts (editing, stock footage, audio, motion graphics, colouring). Offering stories of gun and gang violence in Toronto from an inside perspective, gives young people the platform to share their insights, experiences, mistakes and hardships. It empowers them to address the issues they are facing and cultivate change in their city. This documentary will provide T2 with a platform to speak to historic and present-day legacies of inherent inequalities and systemic anti-Black racism and educate Canadians about the Canadian justice system. This project will also empower the youth audience to think twice before reacting to adversities, with the hopes of detouring them from gun and gang involvement. The team is comprised of young people who are incarcerated; have reintegrated back into the community; have lived experience; and/or are from neighbourhoods impacted by incarceration, gun, and gang violence who will be involved in the direction and steering of the storyline of this project.