Film On Gun Violence Will Feature `T.I. & 'United Nations Ambassador,' Andrew Young!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:58 pm

Former United Nations ambassador Andrew Young, a global peacemaker,
is now taking aim at gun violence in the U.S. through a new TV
documentary that focuses on the rapper T.I. _ a young man making amends
for federal firearms offenses.

Young premiered the hour-long film, "Walking With Guns," on Sunday
in Atlanta. It includes extensive footage of the Grammy-winning artist
visiting a rehabilitation hospital in New York to meet patients
paralyzed by gang violence. The film also shows T.I. and Young telling
young people how to avoid violence, and follows a former gang member
who is now a social activist.

The film, part a series called "Andrew Young Presents," is expected to begin airing Nov. 2 on TV stations around the country.

"Violence would still be around without guns," T.I. said to over 400
attendees during a question-and-answer session after the screening.
"But there would be an increased value of life."

The 76-year-old Young _ a veteran civil rights activist who went on to
become a Georgia congressman, President Carter's ambassador to the U.N.
and Atlanta's mayor _ began filming this year shortly after he began to
mentor T.I., 28. The rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris,
pleaded guilty to several charges last March and was sentenced to
prison time, community service and supervised home detention. His
community service includes warning young people about the pitfalls of
guns, gangs and drugs.

"Some of my colleagues are disappointed with me taking this young man
in," Young said of T.I. "But sometimes us old folks have to shut up and
listen to the young folks to understand where they are coming from."

T.I. is getting really soft on us....