![]() ![]() He went on to co-found Channel Zero, an underground hip-hop culture program on Chicago Public Access television. Ben Wilson's death saved thousands of lives in Chicago, now we hope his story saves millions of lives around the world.īorn and raised on Chicago's South Side, Coodie Simmons started his career as a performer, doing stand-up comedy in Chicago clubs. We hope this film resonates to these young men in the streets the way it did for us. You never would know what either of you would have become. ![]() When you shoot a person not only does it destroy the person and his/her family's lives, but it also destroys theirs, and possibly an entire city. We want to make the thugs cry! We want them to understand how powerful a gun is. When we had the opportunity to tell Ben Wilson's story, we thought it was great timing, seeing all the killing that's going on not only in Chicago but also around the world. We started looking at each other like brothers instead of enemies. In a gang-divided city, his death changed the way we looked at each other. I cried like a baby! The city cried like babies. Before the season started the next year, I woke up and heard on the news that Ben Wilson died. ![]() We had a plan for next year but never had the opportunity. Julian) we would run all the way up there just to get a glimpse of Ben Wilson playing but could not get in because we were only in grammar school. When Simeon would play my neighborhood high school (Percy L. When I was in seventh grade all I would hear about is how cold this basketball player at Simeon by the name of Benji was. ![]()
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