10 years ago, I was just a child, rotting away at the hands of the system. I dealt drugs, got arrested frequently, and almost ended up in jail. That's when I found this movie. After watching it, I was inspired. I was blind, but after watching this movie, this masterpiece, my eyes were open. Everything around me seemed better, clearer, more colorful. I stopped dealing drugs, stopped getting in trouble. I turned my life around, and all because of this movie. I graduated as valedictorian, and I now attend Harvard university. I highly recommend watching this movie, it changed my life and I owe everything to it's screenwriter, Michael Simon.