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How can youth be expected to rehabilitate when they have no resources at their disposal? Lear takes this question and weaves it into the greater proposal made by Senate Bill 260, which seeks to give offenders, who committed a crime as minors, the opportunity to work toward parole.
A powerful documentary... They Call Us Monsters raises many thoughts for discussion long after the curtains fall and the prison doors slam shut on these juvenile offenders. Full Review |...
They Call Us Monsters is undeniably compelling, even if it can't offer a complete look at the widespread issues it faces. Read Critics Reviews
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In the opening of director Ben Lear’s heartbreaking and illuminating documentary They Call Us Monsters, screenwriter Gabriel Cowan sits at a table with four boys in a juvenile detention...
Jun 11, 2016 · Documentary ‘They Call Us Monsters’ Is A Searing & Sensitive Look At Juvenile Offenders [LAFF Review] Ben Lear makes his directorial debut with “They Call Us Monsters,” a searing but sensitive documentary following the experiences of juvenile offenders through the justice system.
Jan 20, 2017 · They Call Us Monsters takes viewers behind the walls of the Compound, the facility where Los Angeles houses its most violent juvenile criminals. To their advocates, they’re kids. To the system, they’re adults. To their victims, they’re monsters.
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Jan 26, 2017 · Ben Kenigsberg. The New York Times. “They Call Us Monsters,” directed by Ben Lear (Norman Lear’s son), might seem like a straightforward advocacy documentary. It concerns juveniles in...
