Documentary Review

If you have something to say and you feel people have the need to hear whatever that is, naturally, standing centre stage is the place. Jalen Rayford, a teenager, had something he wanted to get off her chest and she did it in front of approximately 1,000 people.

Jalen added something meaningful to a long existing conversation. The entire world is facing similar issues. Rayford, brave, intelligent, and well-articulated, decided it was time for her to take a stand and she wasn’t going to through away her shot.

Thomas A. Morgan’sTomorrow’s Hope, incredibly informative, covers the importance of a well-structured education system. The south Chicago education system, before Educare, was anything but well-structured. Educare was established a few years ago. How have things changed since Educare was established?

Tomorrow’s Hopeis a deep unrelenting dive into issues that must be addressed. The documentary, further to incredibly informative interviews, is a lot more than an archival testament. The story is told though the eyes of three exceptional teenagers. These teenagers, Jamal, Jalen, and Crystal, were each raised under the initiative’s focus. Jamal, Jalen, and Crystal find their stories crossing paths at their graduation ceremonies.

Morgan’s lens, something that’s self-evident, is the poverty-stricken circumstances many people face on a daily basis. The director delves deeply into the subject matter. The roots of the social issue, without sugarcoating, are metaphorically dug up and exposed to the world.

”The Projects”, a housing development from decades gone by, became increasingly associated with gang activity. The areas, before the decline, was seen by few as a beacon of hope. That was decades ago. Numerous teachers, seeing a rapid decline impacting students, sought to raise children in an educational system that lifted them out of what was essentially a gang-dominated culture.

Students, potentially caught in the crossfire, suffer the aftermath of loved ones injured or dead. The Ounce family, because of Educare, have been able to fully visualise a brand new brighter tomorrow for the children. The future is what they make of it.

Jamal, one of the teenagersTomorrow’s Hoperevolves around, reflected on his recent experiences. He “hopes is to see some change”. Jamal isn’t the only person responsible for shaping tomorrow. Everyone has a stake in making the future a brighter more livable society.

Rather than merely focusing on how well-executed Morgan’sTomorrow’s Hopeis, naturally, there is a need for positive changes.Tomorrow’s Hopeis the mechanism which informs people of needed change. The teenagers want their lives to mean something positive. They can be a beacon of hope for all students that follow in their footsteps.

Tomorrow’s Hope, coming to digital and On Demand this Tuesday, 21 March 2023, is set on the South Side of Chicago. The documentary, against a layered backdrop of systemic inequality, explores a community’s unique embrace of the possibilities of early education through the eyes of its first graduates who are now approaching young adulthood.Tomorrow’s Hopecan be found listed in the following article: