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Former Cerritos
College football player Jah'shams Abdul-Mumin,
who was a member of the 1995 Falcon team, recently
had his movie win the Best Feature Film Award at the
Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival.
The movie will now be screened at the Valley Film
Festival on Saturday, October 3 at 12:45 at the El
Portal Theatre in North Hollywood.
Now going by the
name Jah Shams, he helped co-write and stars in
"10-20", which tells the story of EJ Henderson
(Shams), who discovers at the age of 13 that his
life is a lie. This betrayal turns EJ from an
innocent young boy into an angry man. As his life
spirals downward, EJ realizes too late that he can
only control the present after he learns to deal
with his past. After years of physical and emotional
abuse at the hands of his mother's boyfriend, his
mother tells him one day that she's pregnant, and
with that admission the real truth is revealed.
Candice, the woman EJ believed to be his mother, is
actually his aunt, while Aunt Tracy is really his
birth mother. He turns his back on Tracy and looks
for acceptance in the streets.
The film's title,
"10-20", originates from the Florida law that
guarantees a 10-year sentence for possession of an
unlicensed firearm, and 20 years to life if the gun
is aimed at a person with the intent to shoot or
kill.
Shams, who also
has TV credits for such shows as "Privileged",
"Criminal Minds" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset
Strip", was a defensive back in his one season with
the Falcons and then went on to Adams (CO) State
University. His next movie role will be in the
upcoming movie "April's Fool", which is currently in
post-production.
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