The movie 'Saginaw Rising" offers public health solutions to the ten year violence epidemic in the community. It has been a tool in the effort to "take the city back" from violent criminals. In 2011 -2012 filmmakers Dr. Zigmond Kozicki and Dr. Stephanie Baiyasi-Kozicki interviewed people in Saginaw, Michigan, USA, and public health experts to develop a theory about violence. Through persistent obs
ervations the documentary provides a window for the viewer to understand violence as a contagious process. Prevention and intervention solutions to stop violence are provided. Movie Synopsis
This movie begins with an emotional plea by a mother on the steps of Saginaw City Hall to find the killers of her son who had been gunned down in broad daylight. The movie expands the view of violence as affecting more than this unfortunate mother. This movie allows the viewer to relate to the idea that violence is like a virus in this community. Stopping this spread of death and pain requires everyone, not just law enforcement, to act to “take the city back” from violence. Music from blues star Larry McCray and the Saginaw Peace Coalition. Saginaw Rising is a movie that utilizes an observational prospective to identify the nature of violence. The movie applies epidemiological theory (the occurrence and distribution of health related events in a specified population) to explain the ongoing chronic outbreak of violence in Saginaw, Michigan, USA. Through ethnography (description and interpretation of a cultural or social group or system) the filmmakers examine violent behavior in one of the most violent cities in America. The movie provides a focused history to elucidate why violence persists in this community. Interviews with Saginaw residents and law enforcement professionals, religious leaders, political leaders and business leaders describe the violence in Saginaw. The ongoing murders in the community and the unwritten street wisdom to avoid snitching for fear of reprisal produce a classic approach-avoidance conflict. The movie also highlights insights from national experts about the origins and the methods to prevent violence. Appearing in the film are U.S. District Attorney Barbara McQuade, Rev. Jesse Jackson Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Rev. Al Sharpton National Action Network , Dr. Sandra Bloom Drexel University, Dr. Gary Slutkin Chicago School of Public Health, Dr. Richard Dolinski Legacy Center for Community Success, Dr. April Zeoli and Dr. Jesenia Pizarro Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice, Dr. Georges Benjamin American Public Health Association, Dr. Howard Koh Assistant Secretary for Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Eduardo Sanchez Chair of the Advisory Committee to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Gail Christopher Vice President at W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Joe Torre and Robert Listenbee, Jr. Justice Department Defending Childhood Co-Chairs, U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, and U.S. Representative Dan Kildee. The interviews provide insightful observations about violence. Movie Time 135 minutes with Intermission at 55 minutes
Movie release 2012 with a second updated release in 2014
Produced and distributed by Great Lakes E Films [email protected]
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