G-Dog / [director, Freida Lee Mock].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Mock, Freida Lee, director.

Chanlim Films, production company.

American Film Foundation, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boyle, Gregory, 1954-.

Boyle, Gregory.

Gangs--California--East Los Angeles.

Gangs.

Hispanic American youth--California--East Los Angeles.

Hispanic American youth.

Church work with juvenile delinquents--California--East Los Angeles.

Church work with juvenile delinquents.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (93 minutes)

Place of Publication:

United States : American Film Foundation, 2012.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

G-Dog is a story about second changes - about the charismatic visionary Greg Boyle, a Jesuit priest who rescues kids from gangs by launching the nation's largest, most successful gang intervention and rehab program, Homeboy Industries, now aninternational model. The film tells teh entertaining, often hilarious story of how Father Boyle, called G-Dog by homies, became a gang expert using a powerful idea: "Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job." By providing job training, tattoo removal, counseling, yoga, fatherhood and substance abuse classes - all free, Homebody in Los Angeles has a 70% success rate at saving kids at risk from gang life, rescuing thousands of former gang members. It's the one place in the 'hood that turns live around and builds a productive future for young men and women. It's a place of hope and kinship, a community where Father Boyle says, "no matter what, thte day won't ever come where I withdraw or withhold, or cut you off ... that day won't ever come."

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed July 20, 2017).

OCLC:

1003371416