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Back on the Block - Andy & Tata:

Part 5. A Gap Life

by Brenda Ann Kenneally

2007 - 2010

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“A Gap Life”, the short film about Andy as he comes to terms with young adulthood is a testimony to the long- term effects of public policy on Andy and generations of young people who will come of age as America perpetuates segregation through our criminal justice system.

At 23, Andy him self is the father of a three year old. Andys’ daughter was born while his own mother was in prison and after the five- year anniversary of his father’s death.

Andy’s childhood, fraught with intervention from the child welfare agencies and the criminal justice system has been the foundation for his wish to “ do better for his own daughter”.

Days turned into years and searches for employment and engagement in the larger world lead Andy on a cross- country journey with a trucker friend from the neighborhood and on to a brief stint living with relatives down south.

Vowing not to “hustle” on the block any more, has displaced Andy from the only life that was truly familiar to him.