Walter's Boys
A clandestine training operation run by an ex-CIA agent recruits urban teens, but faces treacherous consequences from the trainee's intent on breaking free with the help of a former mentor.
The basis for Walter's Boys is the story of my brother, Sgt. Elijah Warren, who was a U.S. Army Special Operations soldier who served in Iraq, where his skin color and Arabic language skills helped gain trust of the natives. He shot and killed himself in October 2008. The character Jamal Hutchinson is based on Sgt. Warren.
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Jinho Ferreira - Screenwriter
Jinho “The Piper” Ferreira was raised in Oakland, CA. He is a member of Interscope Records/Konvict Music recording group Flipsyde, which has toured internationally and domestically with artists such as Snoop Dogg, The Pussy Cat Dolls, The Black Eyed Peas, The Game, and Busta Rhymes. The band recently filmed a video for Champion, which was used for AT&T’s 2008 Summer Olympics campaign Ferreira is the founder of A.R.M.E.D (Always Ready, Mentally Equipped and Disciplined) at Berkeley Technology Academy, a life-planning and self-defense program that teaches disadvantaged youth the power of discipline and setting goals. Ferreira attended Eastern Illinois University on a football scholarship and later graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Black Studies.
