>>> NEW CENSUS DATA SHOWS

PHILADELPHIA JUST 90 MILES SOUTH

OF NEW YORK, REMAINS THE POOREST

OF THE LARGE CITIES IN AMERICA.

THE PROBLEM IS ESPECIALLY ACUTE

IN THE NORTHERN PHILADELPHIA

COMMUNITY IN WHICH RESIDES A

LARGELY SEGREGATED POPULATION OF

BLACK AMERICANS.

A NEW DOCUMENTARY "QUEST" AIRING

ON PBS' POV IS AN INTIMATE PORT

RAT OF A FAMILY CAPTURING THEIR

STRUGGLES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD

RIDDLED WITH THE SAME ISSUES OF

INEQUALITY AND NEGLECT THAT

PLAGUED SO MUCH OF AMERICA'S

LANDSCAPE POOPTS ALSO A

TESTAMENT TO LOVE, HEALING AND

HOPE.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> I LOVE NORTH PHILLY.

THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE'VE

LIVED IN ALL OUR LIVES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THE

NEIGHBORHOODS WERE TOUGH BUT

IT'S REALLY A TOUGH

NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> OUR SPECIAL GUEST TODAY,

CHRIS RAINEY, ONE OF

PHILADELPHIA'S PREMIER RECORD

PRODUCERS.

>> THESE GUYS WHEN THEY COME IN

HERE, ENCOURAGEMENT.

A SENSE OF WORTH.

>> TURNING INTO A TEENAGER.

LIKE THE COOLEST 5-YEAR-OLD

EVER.

WHEN A GUN IS FIRED IN OUR

COMMUNITY, IT'S KILLING ALL OF

US.

>> SEEMS LIKE NOBODY CARES ABOUT

THIS SECTION OF THE CITY.

>> ANGER, SADNESS, CONFUSION.

AS A MOM, ALL WE CAN DO IS ROLL

WITH THE PUNCHES.

>> GOT TO SEE SOMEBODY --

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO FOR

MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> NORTH PHILLY.

>> WE RECORDED THAT WHOLE THING.

THAT WAS ART.

>> WE PRESENT THIS SEGMENT AS A

PART OF OUR INITIATIVE "CHASING

THE DREAM."

JOINING SUSTHE DOCUMENTARY'S

PRODUCER SABRINA SCHMIDT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> THIS IS A VERY COMPELLING

STORY ON SO MANY DIFFERENT

LEVELS.

HOW DID THIS IDEA COME ABOUT TO

SAY, LET'S CHRONICLE THIS

FAMILY?

>> YEAH, ACTUALLY, THE DIRECTOR

OF THE FILM, JOHN, HE WAS

ACTUALLY TAKING PICTURES OF THE

ARTISTS IN THE MUSIC STUDIO THAT

WE SEE IN THE FILM.

SO JONATHAN STARTED TO FILM WHEN

HE LEARNED QUEST, CHRIS,

DELIVERED NEWSPAPERS AND HE

WANTED TO FOLLOW HIM ON HIS

PAPER ROUTE.

HE DECIDED TO HANG OUT WITH HIM

A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> A GREAT SHOT OF HIM FLIPPING

THOSE PAPERS OVER THE SHOULDER

AND LANDS IT EXACTLY ON THE

STOOP.

>> YES.

>> GIVE US A SENSE OF THIS

FAMILY AND WHY THEIR STORY IS SO

INTRIGUING.

>> WELL, I THINK WHAT'S

INTERESTING ABOUT THE FAMILY IS

THAT ON ONE HAND, THEY ARE AN

ORDINARY AMERICAN FAMILY.

BUT THERE'S A WAY IN WHICH WE

THINK ABOUT WITH TYPICAL

AMERICAN FAMILY AND TYPICAL

AMERICAN STORY, WE'RE NOT

THINKING ABOUT NORTH

PHILADELPHIA.

WE'RE NOT TALKING -- WE'RE NOT

THINKING ABOUT FOLKS IN THE

COMMUNITY THAT IS DEALING WITH A

LOT OF ISSUES LIKE AROUND

POVERTY AND THE THINGS THAT COME

WITH THAT.

THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY REALLY

TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE.

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN FAMILY?

WHAT IS THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE?

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT MAKES

THEM COMPELLING.

THEY ARE A LOVING FAMILY.

BECAUSE WE FILMED OVER TEN YEARS

YOU SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT

HAPPENED IN THAT COUNTRY

INTERSECTING THEIR LIVES IN

PERSONAL AND DRAMATIC WAYS.

>> THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS STRUCK

BY IS THEIR DEEP AFFINITY FOR

THIS COMMUNITY.

DID THAT SURPRISE YOU?

>> IT DIDN'T SURPRISE ME, BUT I

THINK -- I CAN SEE HOW IT COULD

SURPRISE OTHER FOLKS.

I THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

NORTH PHILADELPHIA AND

COMMUNITIES LIKE IT AND THE WAY

IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE

OFTEN PRESENTED PERHAPS LIKE IN

THE NEWS MEDIA AND THINGS LIKE

THAT --

>> THEY SAY THEY ARE RESENTFUL

OF THE FACT THEIR COMMUNITY IS

ALWAYS DEPICTED IN TERMS OF

DRUGS AND VIOLENCE AND POVERTY.

>> EXACTLY.

AND A WAY IN WHICH IT'S REALLY

FORGOTTEN AND NEGLECTED.

THERE'S A SCENE WHERE THEY ARE

BEING INTERVIEWED BY A LOCAL

REPORTER, AND THE REPORTER

DOESN'T EVEN QUITE KNOW WHAT

NEIGHBORHOOD HE'S IN.

SO I THINK THERE'S A WAY IN

WHICH THEY FEEL SORT OF

FORGOTTEN, EXCEPT FOR WHEN

THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE A -- YOU

KNOW, SOMETHING NEGATIVE TO

REPORT.

>> WHAT THIS FILM DOES IS

REINFORCES THE NOTION THAT ALL

GREAT STORYTELLING FOCUSES ON

THE PEOPLE AT THE CENTER OF THAT

STORY.

AND THIS IS, AS I SAID, IT'S

COMPELLING.

IT'S REVEALING OVER A LONG

PERIOD OF TIME.

IT'S JUST A GREAT PIECE OF

STORYTELLING.

SABRINA, THANK YOU FOR SPENDING

SOME TIME AND TALKING WITH US

ABOUT IT.

I'M SURE FOLKS WILL BE REALLY

INTERESTED IN WATCHING THIS

AFTER THEY WATCHED AND LISTEN TO

OUR CONVERSATION.

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