All these Sons

“All These Sons” was a work in progress from day one. It was born as it went along. The documentary follows the lives of two men on Chicago’s West Side who dedicate their lives to educating, empowering, and healing young Black men at high risk of being victims—or perpetrators—of deadly gun violence.

Directors Joshua Altman and Bing Liu didn’t want to explain anything concrete with the animation; their intention was for the graphics to represent emotions, feelings, and tensions, so they opted for pure abstraction.