The Coalition organized a rally at City Hall, where many of the biggest names in entertainment, including Diddy, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, and Mariah Carey came out and voiced their opposition to the laws, calling on the politicians to change them.  We believed with all of our hearts that the Coalition would succeed and the State Assembly would vote on the Rockefeller Drug Laws before session closed for a three-month break We shot almost every waking hour in and around the offices where the Coalition was strategizing to pressure New York State Governor Pataki to change the law.

Three years and two hundred and fifty hours of tape later, we were still filming.  Along the way, we were granted unparalleled backstage access to the life and work of Russell Simmons, the god-father of hip-hop, inspired by the passion of political activist, Randy Credico, and humbled and grateful to the Best family for sharing their lives and the effects these laws have had upon them.  We set out to make a film about a seven-day countdown to a rally and a senate vote; instead we created a film which we hope illustrates the nature of political change, and pays tribute to one very courageous and inspirational family.