The pact does not have traditional numbered chapters. If you would like to know more about the three doctors and the inspiring work they do, we encourage you to explore the following websites. Almost the entire movie is focused on annie, acted by the beautiful caity lotz, one of the sisters in search of the truth about their past. A gritty, provocative truelife story of three friends from the hood, rameck hunt, sampson davis, and george jenkins, who made a pact in high school to find a. The pact covers the lives of davis, jenkins, and hunt, three young black men who made a pact to graduate from college and become doctors rather than to succumb to the violence in their community. The pact may be about the three doctors, but it is malique who steals the show. May 15, 2014 the pact that turned a juvenile delinquent into a medical doctor not so long ago, dr. Your graphic design company is selected to promote the movie. Oct 07, 2014 the three doctors not only accomplished this, but they are now spreading the word to inspire other innercity kids to stay off the streets and take the educational route to a better life.
The pact is a spark media documentary about the three doctors, friends from a rough new jersey neighborhood who made a pact in high school to become doctors and stay off the streets. The pact ii is a movie with a reasonable story but a messy screenplay and bad acting of patrick fischler and scott michael foster in the roles of two important characters. The pact captures the pathos of the mens individual journeys, the. Rameck hunt, sampson davis, and george jenkins made a pact in high school to find a way to go to college and then medical school. By sharing their stories, 3 doctors from newark seek to inspire. Three kids from newark made a pact to become doctors. In 2003 the book won a books for a better life award for first book, also being named one of the library journals best audiobooks of 2002. She wishes her problems with her ex could go away, and upon venting her frustrations one night, finds herself tangled up in a pact with two people. The pact tells the gritty, provocative true story of three friends from the tough streets of newark who made it out to become doctors but came home to be men.
Need exact quotes good onesmeaningful with page numbers from the book the pact. A gritty, provocative truelife story of three friends from the hood, rameck hunt, sampson davis, and george jenkins, who made a pact in high school to find a way to go to college and then medical school. In this chapter, he describes his life with his mother and the absence of a. The pact is a spark media documentary about the three doctors, friends from a rough new jersey. Need exact quotes good onesmeaningful with page numbers. Great ideas for teachers using the pact in the middle. The pact a documentary about the three doctors united states. The pact is the featurelength documentary film directed and produced by andrea kalin, presented by the national black programming consortium, and aired on public television about three childhood friends from new jersey who make a pact to help keep each other in school, graduate, and all successfully become doctors. By high school, sampson davis, rameck hunt and george jenkins already knew too much about the drugs, crime and grinding poverty that colored their world.
Do you think your school or neighborhood affects what you do and the choices you make. The pact captures the pathos of the doctors individual journeys, the integrity of their voices and the power of their rare friendship with each other. Please select the best answer from the following questions. The pact is the provocative truelife story of three friends from a rough newark, new jersey neighborhood. They met in high school and together they made a pact.
Discuss how george, sam and rameck each had a role model that encouraged them. They not only accomplished this, but are now spreading the work to inspire innercity youth. The pact by sampson davis, george jenkins, rameck hunt. The pact how do the three doctors perceive the drug dealers, gang members, and small time criminals compared to how other colleagues regard these groups. The pact 2002 two families megan mullally, juliet stevenson, henry czerny deal with loss, guilt and suspicion after a suicide pact leaves one teen dead and. These chapters are about the three doctors childhood. Sampson davis, george jenkins, and rameck hung are not only friends to this daythey are all doctors. The pact is a 2012 american supernatural horror film written and directed by nicholas mccarthy and starring caity lotz and casper van dien. Sampson davis, rameck hunt and george jenkins, fondly known as the three doctors are extraordinary role models for anyone whos been through any. Capped by a genuinely surprising denoument, the pact made its lifetime network debut on november 4, 2002. After becoming doctors, the three men chronicled their story in the bestselling book the pact, and appeared on today and the oprah. Three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream sampson davis, author, george jenkins, joint author, rameck hunt, joint author, george jenkins and rameck hunt, with lisa frazier page. Almost the entire movie is focused on annie, acted by the beautiful caity lotz, one of the. The pact is a remarkable and inspiring memoir, tells a story of 3 african american doctors, dr.
With amina baraka, amiri baraka, malique kenny bazemore, monica bazemore. The pact captures the pathos of the doctors individual journeys, the. The documentary follows the three doctors as they navigate the minefields of their community work, struggling with exhausting shifts at the hospital, and wrestle. She wishes her problems with her ex could go away, and upon venting her frustrations one night, finds herself tangled up in a pact with two people melanie and kevin to. Briefly outline the rationale for your design and its relation to the original story. Hayley udall tries to make ends meet for herself and her 14 yearold daughter while providing alimony for a horrible exhusband. For reasons that are not fully explained at first, emily and gus enter into an apparent suicide pact. The pact post screening general discussion questions for youth. Reagan foxx, full movie, milf pact, milf, sex, mature porn spankbang. Its great to see a movie like this getting a theatrical release, even if it is a limited one.
Pretend that the movie, the pact is set to open in new york city next month. The novel alternates between a series of presentday occurrences, labelled as now, and past events, labelled as then, which provides context to the relationships of the characters and the story line. Design a poster or perhaps a website to advertise the pact. Each chapter is about a different friend and shows a different part in each of their lives. Jun 07, 2012 n icholas mccarthys the pact is a horror film developed from a short, and unfortunately it splits apart while being stretched out to feature length. Tension builds and bodies pile up as ghosts from the past begin to haunt. The pact by sampson davis, george jenkins, rameck hunt, lisa. The three doctors speaker collaborative agency youtube. They promised each other they would all become doctors, and stick it out together through the long, difficult journey to attain that dream. With kate harcourt, desmond kelly, cameron rhodes, bronwyn bradley. If youre not familiar with their story, they are 3 young, africanamerican men from newark that establish a pact at 17years old to become doctors. This university of michigan program follows the pact of three doctors, sampson davis, physician at st.
The film was made following the success of mccarthys short film of the same name which premiered at the 2012 sundance film festival. Three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream davis, sampson, jenkins, george, hunt, rameck, page, lisa frazier on. George jenkins are authors of the book the pact, about a promise. With emily rose, brian krause, melanie stone, brandon ray olive. The pact is a gripping documentary centered on the raw and ultimately inspiring story of three africanamerican men, whose friendship enabled them to triumph over the mean streets to become doctors. His mother was ella jenkins mark and his father was george jenkins. The pact focus on 3 sisters that got a bad deal in their childhood due to an abusive mother, so, the movie start with them and slowly develops into a onegirl deal. The three doctors is a group of africanamerican motivational speakers, authors, and doctors. Sampson davis, george jenkins, rameck hunt with lisa frazier page. Rameck hunt is one of the three doctors and has coauthored 3 books. Sampson davis found himself in detention for a crime that could have sent his life in a completely different.
Great ideas for teachers using the pact in the middle school. George jenkins, who overcame a difficult and dangerous life in the streets as kids and teens. The pact is a piece of nonfiction by sampson davis, george jenkins, and rameck hunt its about three people grew up in the intercity and made a pact to go to college and become doctors. N icholas mccarthys the pact is a horror film developed from a short, and unfortunately it splits apart while being stretched out to feature length. Three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream at. Michaels medical center and raritan bay medical center, rameck hunt, professor of medicine at. The pact 2012 disturbing visions and her sisters disappearance lead a woman caity lotz to call a cop casper van dien and a psychic to her childhood home. It was adapted for the screen by roselyne bosch 1492. Based on the book the pact, the film chronicles the true life story of rameck hunt, sampson davis, and george jenkins, who made a pact in their innercity highschool in newark, new jersey, to find a way to go to college and then medical school. Despite the positive feedback from the commentary track, i was still not anticipating much from the pact, and my interest waned even further as i read brief synopses and ultimately saw just how many people were kicking this movie in the gonads as though it were the dullest, most convoluted waste of time in movie history. In this chapter, he describes his life with his mother and the absence of a paternal figure in his life. The pact that turned a juvenile delinquent into a medical.
Rameck hunt, sampson davis, and george jenkins made a pact in high. At its heart and soul, the pact strives to be an inspirational documentary that leaves its audience feeling good. He is a founder of the three doctors foundation and practices medicine in new jersey. The pact 20 andrea graves inherits her grandmothers nineteenth century oceanfront home, and with it a terrible, deadly secret. For speaking, press and other request please contact. Today davis and hunt are doctors, and jenkins is a dentist. Faced with a terminal diagnosis, an elderly couple makes a suicide pact but the at the moment of death one betrays the other and breaks it. Through a lot of hard work, they were able to overcome life threatening obstacles and achieve their golden dreams. The pact a documentary about the three doctors united. The plot is hard to be followed and i slept two consecutive nights trying to watch the pact ii.
Sampson davis, rameck hunt and george jenkins, fondly known as the three doctors serve as an extraordinary model of leadership for anyone whos been thr. In 2003 the book won a books for a better life award for first book, 3 also being named one of the library journals best audiobooks of 2002. The three doctors not only accomplished this, but they are now spreading the word to inspire other innercity kids to stay off the streets and take the educational route to a better life. Mar 21, 2002 george jenkins, sampson davis and rameck hunt were three african american kids living in the inner city of newark, all from broken homes, all living amid poverty, crime, and drug abuse. Now theyre spreading the word to inspire other innercity kids to stay off the streets and take the educational route to a better life. Three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream sampson davis, author, george jenkins, joint author, rameck hunt, joint author, george jenkins and. The pact is the featurelength documentary film directed and produced by andrea kalin. Sampson davis, george jenkins, and rameck hunt, discovered early in their friendship that they shared one disturbing trait. The second chapter, home, is in sams point of view. Sep 07, 2015 the pact block 1 block 2 block 3 the pact. The pact captures the pathos of the mens individual journeys, the integrity of their. A gritty, provocative truelife story of three friends from the hood, rameck hunt, sampson davis, and george jenkins, who made a pact in high.
Three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream. Have students visit the three doctors foundation website. They not only accomplished this, but theyre now spreading the word to inspire other. The doctors have decided they would like to replace the current method of using paper based medical records with automated. George jenkins grew up in stella wright housing projects,which are in newark, nj. The pact could have used a dialogue polish, but mostly its a bracing lowbudget horror film that plays with expectations to deliver scares and satisfactions. The documentary follows the three doctors as they navigate the minefields of their community work, struggling with exhausting shifts at the hospital, and wrestle with their own painful childhood memories while they spread the word to inspire other. The pact questions and answers the question and answer sections of our study guides are a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss literature. Chapter one, titled dreaming big, is in georges point of view. Sampson davis, george jenkins, and rameck hunt, and shows their progress in overcoming life in the projects to a more promising life style as doctors. In the pact, the three share the account of their struggle to keep the pledge they made.