Mott Haven: A Short Documentary

At a “second chance” high school in the South Bronx, the community comes together to process grief and trauma through Hip Hop in the wake of a tragedy.
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A film by Kyle Morrison
Co-produced by Persephone Whiteside-Mcfadden
Sound mix by Madison Velding-VanDam
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[@jakiba]

My 2nd home! Will always have love for the South Bronx. Learned so much there. Lived there for a good amount of time

[@veronicajackson2025]

Please say that this documentary won some type of award. It's amazing. I laughed. I cried and wondered how are these young adults doing now? This moved me. I grew up in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. I'm also an educator and a mother of two Young men. One of them is a sixteen year old, standardized high school student with Autism. Neither of their journeys have been easy as black males in New York. I remember when Joshua Acosta was murdered. I remember seeing it on the news. I always think. of these children and who they were before their lives were taken. This documentary gave me a glimpse of just one of many teens that died in an untimely manner. Another teen was murdered in NY today. He was 15 and it happened on 147th and St Nicholas Ave. Sad. I admire every single student that participated in this documentary. I applaud every educator that had their had part in the successes of these students. I applaud the professor that founded hip hop therapy. May he Rest Easy In Power, Peace and Dignity. Please do a follow up on these students journeys in 2025.Thank you this video.

[@edwardmoye3255]

I went to that school when I was younger god bless for helping them kids you never know what a young person is going through and RIP to the young man who was taken earlier 🙏

[@holygroove2]

Real to the core. I love how this presents everyone as human. Undeniably human.

[@S4vh55hdci]

Talk about two real American heroes who deal with human suffering that many of us will never know. Deep respect for Social Worker J.C. Hall LMSW, in the Bronx and his mentor the late Dr. Edgar Tyson, Ph.D.

[@maki001s]

Majestic filmmaking

[@thesleekgreek]

Every spitter on this was really kicking that shit.. shout out from London straight to the Bronx, birthplace of hiphop

[@chrisramirez4880]

I miss my old school P.S. 96

[@thesleekgreek]

That teacher is a real man.. JC Looking out for the community...

[@56mediatv]

Gracias por todo este tremendo trabajo comunitario y de sanación para todas esas jóvenes personas! 🙏🏼🎹💙🎧

[@thesleekgreek]

Great documentary 👏

[@nathan9368]

I went to school in South bronx up to middle school

[@DaquanScales-s3p]

That's mf cuzzo fact

[@jakedesimine1782]

Fats Sinatra and sha Davis from here

[@transgoddess31]

I lived in the south Bronx for a decade. I moved to cali for 2 years and back to NYC and now I live in alphabet city. But....I miss it. The ease. The chopped cheese. The 99 cent stores. Cashing food stamps. House parties. Its gritty but real. I also feel like all of nyc kinda lost its charm