Deronte works in class at the SEA School.
Father Stan Bosch has been working with gang-involved youth in Compton for 30 years now.
Poo's gang shows off their arsenal.
The shooting death of Brandon Bullard unexpectedly triggered the gang war during filming.
Brandon Bullard's young daughter kisses her father goodbye for the last time.
Gang leader Looney unexpectedly turns a Tech-9 on Ryan.
At 16, Everardo has already been wounded by gang violence and, according to him, wounded others. One of his greatest hopes is to get his little brother out of gang life.
Father Stan works hard to get gang-involved kids to talk about the violence in their lives and help them learn to dream in a place where so many kids find it impossible to do so.
Deronte escapes life on the street through music. He's hoping to go to college in the fall.
Poo is looked up to as a father figure by his little homies. And like many in Compton, his journey into gang life began when his big brother was killed in a gang drive-by.
Too blown away to know how to react.