I Am, I Will Be, Alive to Tell is not a traditional memoir. It is a Poetic Cinema artifact — a cinematic testimony built from memory, survival, pressure, awakening, and emotional truth.

Through layered storytelling, haunting reflections, psychological insight, and visual atmosphere, Vernon Snell documents the anatomy of being Black in America from the inside out: the streets of Washington Heights, the invisible wars of poverty and addiction, the emotional weight carried by Black men, the psychology of survival, love, fear, awakening, and the systems hidden beneath everyday life.

Blending poetic realism with cinematic intensity, this artifact moves between autobiography, social commentary, emotional philosophy, and visual storytelling. Each chapter feels like both a confession and a historical document — revealing not only what was survived, but what was learned while surviving it.

More than a book, Alive to Tell is a living archive of memory and testimony from a man who refused to disappear.

Poetic Cinema™Real stories. Real survival. Real legacy.