n t orry.
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top The dne, 3
minute document ury con­
ceived in 1987 by Producer
J erome Thorn , foeu e on
youth crime in Detroit's inner
city d h be n ho n widely
thro ghout the Detroit re
ince it premier owi ng t
the CalAr Bijou The tre in
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and gun play in Detroit.
The oit Free Press wrote,
"Detroit uburb hope
docum ntary will help halt kill­
in of children in Detroit."
Thomas' a 1982 gr duate of
AI bama State Univer ity and
recent grad from CalArts
The tre. He id he intends to
continue his TV education in
the near future.
He . d, "Television' 0 e of
th most essential mechanisms
in the orld today."
Thorn received his initial
training t WSFA-TV station
on-the-job tude , where he
dmits, Wor ing t WSFA
the be t training I've had in
television so f r."
H D 0 the r dio
he heard bout his brother
doing a documentary on their
gr ndmo her d other elderly
people nd from th t time n he
w nted to do something Ii e
th t.
He . d, "I have al ys been
interested in television ince I
w s a child." But he as ctual­
ly inspired by hi bro her who
affiliated with television in
chool.
Thom e violence
th t e' in the City is relative
to generation without
d in p rt to easy money
thr h dr ."
For more information about
" top the dne s", contact
o AD at 3 5-2700. The
Group invites the public to its
memorial service for victims of
youth violence Und y from 4-
6 p.m. t Centr I ethodi t
Church at 23 E. Adams at
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