“A Product of Me: The Documentary” follows the lives of five individuals, from a city councilman to a drug dealer. Through their eyes and experiences we see how they are products of their environments and themselves. “A Product of Me: The Documentary” carefully examines how an individual can let their environment shape their life and how it can ultimately have an effect on your life. This powerful journey will open your mind to understanding how where you come from can either make you a product of your environment or a product of yourself.
Bio:
Growing up in many projects in Atlanta, Jeral Clyde Jr was born to be anything but ordinary. With the God given talent to be able to sell anything, he used his gift of gab to hustle. As a child, he would sell family members back their own items and anything else he was able to get his hands on. Although essentially becoming trapped in his environment, Jeral remained an honor roll student and after learning about college in high school, Jeral decided to attend the University of West Georgia. With a passion for business and film, he began majoring in mass communication. At the age of 19, tragedy struck as his mother was killed in a drive-by shooting in Atlanta. This devastated Jeral and left him wondering what to do with his life. After getting involved with the wrong things, he then decided that although he came from an environment filled with drugs and violence he could be more than a product of his environment, he wanted to be a product of himself. Jeral used his mother’s death as a wakeup call to do something positive, thus following his passion for filmmaking and starting the A Product of Me movement. Jeral wants to inspire and promote the mindset that it doesn’t matter where you’re from, your race, background, etc. you can be what you want, be successful, and beat the odds that maybe against you. Now a college graduate, the 24-year-old is taking the steps to start his own film production company, 3umph (Triumph) Studios, and is pushing to make his presence known in the industry, one film at a time.
