Enough is ENOUGH Production

The story of how the film came to be

Jonny Gammage died during a traffic stop in 1995. There was no videotape of the incident; the only witnesses not thoroughly discredited by defense attorneys were the five officers at the scene. Jonny Gammage was African American; the five police officers are white. Only three of the five were prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter despite a Coroner’s inquest at which the jury unanimously recommended charging all five with criminal homicide.

Gammage was 31 years old, a successful businessman, a devout church member who sang in the choir, and a generous community activist who organized youth sports leagues, bought athletic shoes for poor children, and assisted the hungry and the homeless. By most accounts a man of quiet demeanor, small in stature, he had not violated any traffic law, there were no drugs in his possession or in his body, and he had no criminal history. He died at the hands of police and after two years of trials, no one was held accountable.

The day after the final acquittal of the police officers, aspiring filmmakers raced downtown with handheld cameras to document protests erupting in the streets. That footage founded a dream to produce a video. That dream is now the documentary, Enough IS ENOUGH: the Death of Jonny Gammage. After ten years of filming, research, final editing and successful local preview showings, “Enough is ENOUGH!…” is ready for public distribution.

Enough. . . examines Jonny Gammage, the person, and the icon that is inextricably linked with the struggle to end police misconduct. It looks at the criminal justice system, the police, Coroner’s office, District Attorneys, and courts. Enough. . . then focuses on how the community mobilized for change. Archival footage, newspaper clippings, animation, and narration tell the story of Jonny’s death and add the egregious police killing of Jerry Jackson in the same year. Police in that case also were found not guilty. In 2005, police were judged innocent by reason of “poor training” in yet another case of positional asphyxia. The lessons still have not been learned.

Interwoven with the story line are interviews with prominent lawyers, politicians and activists such as Prof. Charles Ogletree of Harvard, Louis Farrakhan, Johnnie Cochran, Al Sharpton and many others.


Johnnie Cochran	John Edgar Wideman	Professor Charles Ogletree	Dr. Alvin Poussaint

Biographies of the key creatives behind the scenes:

Billy Jackson has served as director and now producer of the film project. He was assisted by a team of professional video producers acting as crew supervisors of youth interns who were involved in all stages of the planning, research, and filming. When Community Media closed in 2003, Mr. Jackson made a personal commitment to complete the documentary through his company, NOMMO Productions, and to ensure that it was distributed widely and utilized as a community education and organizing tool around the issues of police misconduct, racial justice and youth and community organizing.

Lou Potter - Script Writer, was educated at Howard University. For the past two decades, Mr. Potter has been an independent screenwriter and producer. Films he has written and/or produced have won more than 40 awards in this country and abroad. Some of his credits include: The Exiles (Emmy winner), and films on Amira Baraka, Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglas, and Paul Robeson. Prior positions have included reporter/editor for several African American newspapers, producer/writer for CBS News and National Educational Television, and teacher and administrator at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Dwayne Dolphin - Composer and Musician, began playing drums and bass guitar at age ten. By the time he was fifteen he was playing with many of the jazz greats of Pittsburgh. After high school, he moved to New York City, where his talent was immediately recognized by Winton Marsalis, with whom he toured the country and appeared on The Tonight Show. He then joined the Hank Crawford Group, where he was immersed in the blues. Modern jazz was the bassist's next challenge, touring the U.S., Europe, and Japan with several bands. He then returned to his roots in traditional jazz, playing and recording with Stanley Turrentine. In the years since, he has played and recorded with Nancy Wilson, Melba Moore, Fred Wesley, and Abby Lincoln, to name just a few of the dozens of top jazz musicians who have invited him to join them. Dolphin's latest recording showcases his innovative work on piccolo bass, an instrument of his own design. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Jazz at Duquesne University.

The Media Spot - A Post-Production Studio, that is a woman owned and operated full service media production company. The talented staff, who have produced one Emmy winner and two Telly finalists, have served more than 500 clients. The list of clients reads like a who's who of Pittsburgh corporate giants, institutions, broadcasters, and prominent nonprofits. The Media Spot's services include pre-production, field and studio production, non-linear editing, component digital finishing, multiformat support, multitrack digital audio, multimedia services, meeting management, animation, compositing, video capture, and duplication.