In the final episode of Season 2, Suave and the team visit a location in the Bronx with deep significance to Suave— a place where you can say his journey towards freedom began. As Suave takes inventory of the past, and the challenges of the last couple of years in particular, he comes to terms with the weight of institutionalization. And he reveals one surprising and life-changing decision. Season 2 of Suave was made possible by The Mellon Foundation. Mellon makes grants to support the visionaries and communities that unlock the power of the arts and humanities to help connect us all. More at mellon.org. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peaks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Suave and all our podcasts. www.futuromediagroup.org/joinplus.
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So we are now crossing over a bridge and there's water everywhere. And look.
For the last seven years, we've been following Suavez's life on an almost near daily basis. From Graterford Prison to the streets of the Philadelphia Badlands and all the way to Puerto Rico, we've done and seen a lot of things together. But we haven't yet been to a place that's been in the background for a lot of Suavez's story. Orchard Beach.
Orchard Beach is no ghetto for me. They say, you know, it's a little bit over there.
It's in the hood. It is like being on the most crowded beach that you can imagine with people wearing really tiny bathing suits and music going crazy from one little spot to the next little spot. But in other words, joy. It's like it's a beach in the Bronx.
Orchard Beach is on the outer edge of the Bronx, and it was this place that was full of possibilities and excitement for Suave when he was a young boy.
Orchard Beach was the spot, Section 4. That's where my mom used to go sell bacalaito, pinchos, pastelillos, beer. That's where they did all the dance-offs. That's where the DJs came to do the music. That was like the hustle.
Long before Suave's incarceration, long before he was even called Suave, Davidcito, or Little David, would spend his weekends here with his mom, helping her sell homemade food so they could get by. It was one of his mom's many hustles. By 16 would be the last time that Suave set foot here.
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