Independent Lens Season 12 Episode 15
Overview:
At the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown, who had suffered a long history of abuse, killed a man who picked her up for sex. The filmmaker has unprecedented access to Cyntioa in prison, and spends two years with her and her family as they await her eventual sentencing to life in prison in Tennessee. This film challenges our assumptions about violence and explores how a young person can be predestined for tragedy by life circumstances.
Genre : Documentary
Actors : Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Peter Coyote, America Ferrera, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stanley Tucci
Release Date : 2011-03-01
Duration : 60 menit
Rating : ⭐ 0/10 (0 votes)
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Other Episodes (Season 12)
1. The Parking Lot Movie
2. Art & Copy
3. Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian
4. The Longoria Affair
5. Lost Sparrow
6. Deep Down
7. 45365
8. The Calling, Part 1
9. The Calling, Part 2
10. Men Who Swim
11. Children of Haiti
12. For Once in My Life
13. When I Rise
14. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
15. Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
16. Pushing the Elephant
17. The Desert of Forbidden Art
18. Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
19. Waste Land
20. Marwencol
21. A Film Unfinished
22. Bhutto
23. Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
24. Welcome to Shelbyville
25. Two Spirits
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