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Reality Allah

Season 1 Episode 1 | 31m 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Reality spent 22 years in prison but now works for READI Chicago helping others.

Meet Reality Allah, an outreach worker with READI Chicago who spent 22 years in prison for murder. He was actively involved in a gang at a very young age, and refers to the year he turned 11 as his “breakout year for violence.” Reality vowed to help others like him if he ever got out of prison, and the documentary follows him as he makes good on that promise.

10/23/2019

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FIRSTHAND is a local public television program presented by WTTW

FIRSTHAND

Reality Allah

Season 1 Episode 1 | 31m 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Meet Reality Allah, an outreach worker with READI Chicago who spent 22 years in prison for murder. He was actively involved in a gang at a very young age, and refers to the year he turned 11 as his “breakout year for violence.” Reality vowed to help others like him if he ever got out of prison, and the documentary follows him as he makes good on that promise.

10/23/2019

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