Check out the trailer for Samson’s documentary Killing Beef here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lor6JRxIex4
This week, Samson Styles came by our studio and talked with us.
Samson is a case study for what the Video Revolution can bring. He has a great personal story. He grew up in the projects in one of the worst and most dangerous neighborhoods in New York, Brownsville. He was in trouble with the law by the age of 11 and spent 8 years in prison for armed robbery.
When he got out of prison, no real skills, no formal education beyond a GED and endless street connections, he might have continued a life of crime. However, his cousin gave him a video camera and that changed his world.
With absolutely no formal training, he shot a documentary film on girl street gangs and took it to BET. At BET, they saw his potential and his talent, and not only bought the film, but they also hired him as a correspondent. And that is where we met Samson. He was one of our students in our VJ bootcamp at BET, and one of our best.
For the past few years, Samson had been shooting, editing, scripting and producing his own documentary film: KILLING BEEF.
