The Honest Struggle | movie | 2017 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

After over 25 years of incarceration, a Muslim convert re-enters society in the Southside of Chicago to face the same st | dG1fYUYtNE5FQjdqem8

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00:00At the age of 18, I had been found guilty for murder-aggravated battery and arm violence.

00:09My sentence was 28 years.

00:12Did they get me again? It's called three strikes around. I'm 58. I'm done.

00:18I'm tired of trying. And no matter what it is, if I do, a lot of times it just ain't working out.

00:30Reentry sometimes is a misnomer because it implies a second chance.

00:43And the reality for a lot of our brothers is that they never really had a first chance.

00:47I began to think that the best place for me to be was back in one of them sales because it's the only thing it is that I knew.

00:54You have no idea what it's like, man. And every step for me has been very challenging.

00:59You have no idea what it was like.

01:01You have no idea what it was like, you have no idea what it was like.

01:03I've been very challenged.

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