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The ambitious Wilmore 9 team is gearing up for their first annual film, music and art festival in Downtown Long Beach this weekend, which over the last few months has drawn involvement from local crafters, comedians, skateboarders, musicians and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The festival\u2019s dense official line-up has been posted online<\/a> and highlights include a world premiere of a documentary about the intersection between Poly football and gang violence by Long Beach native Duke Givens, a beer garden provided by Beachwood BBQ and Brewing and three stages of music, one of which is being curated by Long Beach music blog LB Independent.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Givens’ film, The Game Don\u2019t Change; Just The Players,\u00a0<\/em>will be premiering at the festival at 6PM on Friday and 4PM on Sunday in Poly’s Auditorium. The doc\u00a0focuses on the generational effects of street gang warfare in the 6th District of Long Beach, particularly during the late ’80s and early ’90s. Director and photojournalist Duke Givens is a friend of rapper Snoop Lion and graduated with him from Poly, a school notorious for turning out talented football players. Givens has equated the gang violence in the neighborhood at the time to a war zone and created the film with an inspirational message that he hopes will inspire youth to choose the proper path.<\/span><\/p>\n Having the film premiere at Poly has a special significance for Givens, who said many talented football players and students at Poly have ruined their lives with gang involvement. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIf young people come to see [the film] they\u2019ll see the people who got killed and get the message,\u201d said Givens. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to gang bang in 2013 you\u2019re going to lose your life or lose your life to prison. The choice is going to school and doing right or gangs.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n