They Call Us Monsters

Powerful and eye-opening.

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They Call Us Monsters

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.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Criminal Justice
Runtime
82
Language
English
Director
Benjamin Lear
FEATURED REVIEW
Katie Walsh, The Playlist

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. His father, Norman, used the form of the sitcom to hold a mirror up to American culture, but Ben takes a more direct ...

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