Raising the Bottoms: Survival and Hope in West Oakland

April 1, 2008

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A look at how a community in West Oakland struggling with violence survives and remains hopeful about the future.

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How does your community survive? Do you hold summer Block Parties? Organize monthly community meetings? Or just kick it on the porch with the friends? In this video, anonymous filmmakers of West Oakland community, commonly called "The Bottoms," explore how they make sense of economic disenfranchisement, violence and frustration while remaining hopeful about the future.