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Street Soldiers

San Francisco's Omega Boys Club reaches out to America's most endangered: young African American men.

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PBS Plus Presentation

Premiere Date

February 1, 1997

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Avon Kirkland

Producer

Avon Kirkland wrote, directed and produced Ralph Ellison: An American Journey which was shown at Sundance Film Festival and broadcast on American Masters in 2002. He also produced and directed Street Soldiers, a profile of MacArthur Award-winner Joe Marshall, which aired on PBS with funding from ITVS. His acclaimed film Booker on the life of Booker T. Washington was selected as one of the 10 best programs of the year by the Los Angeles Times. Simple Justice, his film for The American Experience series was a finalist for a Humanitas Award and won a CINE Golden Eagle.