‘The Holly’ digs deep into one man’s complicated efforts to end gang violence
On the afternoon of Sept. 20, 2013, a crowd assembled in Holly Square – a hub of Denver’s African American community – for a peace rally organized by local activist Terrance Roberts. For years, conflict between local Crips and Bloods gang members had harmed the Holly, as the surrounding historically Black area was known. Violence had escalated sharply during the first half of 2013. Many believed that if anyone could do something about it, it was Roberts; in
