“I want folks to be telling stories that capture people’s hearts,” said Scott Hechinger, a former Brooklyn public defender. “That make them understand as well as I do that the current system is deeply flawed, and another alternative is so obvious.”
Attendees browse the Chicago Transformation Collab festival on June 25, 2022, which featured an array of local businesses, live art and panel discussions with community leaders.
According to Zealous’ founder, Scott Hechinger, who is a former Brooklyn public defender, police and prosecutors have been telling misleading but compelling stories for decades about what it takes to maintain the health and safety of society, which in his view ultimately skewed the public’s perceptions about solutions for crimes and delinquencies. Hechinger suggests that the way to combat this is by creating content that counters the criminal justice system’s narratives.
The festival portion, which took place Saturday, was open to the public and featured an array of local businesses, live art and panel discussions with community leaders. The festival’s main event was the Art In Action: Storytelling + Imagination panel featuring cast members from Showtime’s coming-of-age drama set in Chicago’s South Side, “The Chi.” The panelists were Hannaha Hall, Tai Davis, and Behzad Dabu, who also acted as the moderator.
Dabu, who played a Palestinian named Amir on the show, received enthusiastic applause from the audience when he referred to police-washing in films and televisions shows as “copaganda,” a term used by critics of celebratory portrayals of law enforcement in the media. Dabu went on to criticize the conglomerate nature of show business, which trickles most decision making into the hands of a handful executives who, according to Dabu, lack significant diversity.
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