They Call Us Monsters - Juvenile Prisoners Write Film - Clip
Clip: Season 18 Episode 18 | 1m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
They Call Us Monsters premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 22, 2017.
In this scene from the Independent Lens film They Call Us Monsters, filmmaker Gabe Cowan introduces us to the screenwriting class he teaches to a group of incarcerated teen boys housed at a Los Angeles facility for juveniles tried as adults. While they can't physically leave, they can imagine their stories on screen, and we see a scene from this autobiographical film-within-the-film.
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They Call Us Monsters - Juvenile Prisoners Write Film - Clip
Clip: Season 18 Episode 18 | 1m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
In this scene from the Independent Lens film They Call Us Monsters, filmmaker Gabe Cowan introduces us to the screenwriting class he teaches to a group of incarcerated teen boys housed at a Los Angeles facility for juveniles tried as adults. While they can't physically leave, they can imagine their stories on screen, and we see a scene from this autobiographical film-within-the-film.
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They Call Us Monsters - Jarad's Victim Speaks - Clip
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Clip: S18 Ep18 | 2m 50s | They Call Us Monsters premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 22, 2017. (2m 50s)
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Preview: S18 Ep18 | 30s | They Call Us Monsters premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 22, 2017. (30s)
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