Hello. By what name was They Call Us Monsters (2016) officially released in Canada in English? Stars: Nora Kirkpatrick, Nate Corddry, Ernesto Hernndez, Allegra Acosta, Joel Anderson, Richard Bloom, Steven Fernandez, Ernesto Hernandez, Scott Budnick, Mike Camacho, Antonia Casas R, Yesenia Castro, Gabriel Cowan, Darrell J Edwards Jr, Darrell J Edwards Sr, Juan Gamez, Kath about brain development in teenagers that found the part of the brain that regulates judgment, decision-making and impulse control doesnt fully form until a person is in their 20s. Cowan had the idea to starta screenwriting class for juvenile offenders after he gave a talk toincarcerated youth while working on another screenplay. He receives a letter from Jarad. The University of Redlands does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, Rent $4.99. They Call Us Monsters Juan Gamez (Actor), Antonio Hernandez (Actor), Ben Lear (Director) Format: DVD 155 ratings IMDb 7.0/10.0 $2495 Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime & FREE Returns Prime Video $3.99 $10.99 DVD $24.95 Additional DVD options Edition Discs Price New from Used from DVD September 5, 2017 1 $24.95 $24.95 $19.87 [Antonio was advised by his lawyer to decline a follow-up interview.]. 1 They Call us Monsters, for me, was more than just another Netflix documentary. Lear was available for questions after the showing at Redlands. As Lear describes it, nothing could have prepared him for what he encountered once he walked into the prison: this was a classroom full of kids these were teenagers that are so obviously that age. This doc examines how minors are regarded in the justice system. Juan, Jarad and Antonio, all between 14 and 16, face decades in prison. He wrote that he is grateful so many people have embrace[d] our story and join the prison reform movement. While in prison, he is going to college fulltime and making strong grades. A producer took me to juvenile hall. Jarad and Juan are currently serving the remainder of their sentence at Ironwood state prison. Over the course of a few months, Lear filmed Cowan working with three teenagers -- Juan Gamez, Jarad Nava and Antonio Hernandez -- who were awaiting trial, some facing sentences more than 100 years long. The Film. I appreciated that the consequences of such serious crimes were not swept under the rug: a victim of one of the shootings shares her story, and a large part of the film follows the struggles of the prisoners families. Want to know more about this blog or how to get into contact with us? It is true that they are children but they commited adult and serious crimes. To some, they're kids. , when a referendum gave prosecutors the power to try teens as adults for certain serious crimes. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to watch the film, as it provided me insight into the lives of an often-forgotten part of the population, educated me on the debate, about juvenile justice reform, and left me with a hunger to learn more. The film follows three juveniles: Juan Gamez, Antonio Hernandez and Jarad Nava. In other words, Lear does not gloss over what Jarad actually did to end up at Sylmar, yet the film questions both his draconian punishment and the way the system continually punishes low-income, mostly African-American and Latinx kids with lengthy sentences, regardless of the fact that, as adolescents, they have no ability to see beyond the orbit of their own experience. In other words, Lear does not gloss over what Jarad actually did to end up at Sylmar, yet the film questions both his draconian punishment and the way the, system continually punishes low-income, mostly African-American and Latinx kids. Jarad and Juan are currently serving the remainder of their sentence at Ironwood state prison. Stay in touch. I saw the kids facing life and it broke my heart and changed my life, Budnick tells me over the phone. Prior to his imprisonment, Antonio was an honor roll student and he seemed like the perfect student up until his arrest. They Call Us Monsters contrasts the actions that have the three prisoners facing life sentences and glimpses of their jovial boyhood still remaining. Hes no longer actively gangbanging. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Cowan says that getting the teens to open up to him was a long and sometimes difficult process. Documentary. In other words, hes a boy. Tru 01:00 6 Calling All The Monsters Jessica Jean 00:30 2168 A Monster Calls Read Hersh 01:00 10 A Monster Calls Clarity 01:00 0 You Call Us Monsters Benjamin Wallfisch 00:30 0 Thriii 01:00 2409 They Call Me Tiago (Her Name Is Margo) She weeps as she talks about the harrowing moment in which she thought she was going to die. Ones kicking himself over an unrequited lifelong crush. Ive since chosento leave the criminal lifestyle in my past and serve my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To others, they're monsters Juan, Jarad and Antonio, all young teens, face decades in prison. Arrested at 16, Jarad faces 200 years-to-life for four attempted murders; Juan, also arrested at 16, faces 90-to-life for first-degree murder; Antonio was arrested at 14 and faces 90-to-life for two attempted murders.[4]. You have to love it out of them, Cowan says. Im guessing people probably think were still in the same mindset, and doing the same stuff. Other stories Id like to tell I look around at the people around me and I see great stories of personal achievementsor overcoming struggles. Roxanne - Instrumental - Califa Azul. Juan Gamez, Antonio Hernandez and Jarad Nava are the youthful offenders at the heart of They Call Us Monsters, a new documentary that follows their lives in a Los Angeles juvenile detention center. Of course, I would like to participate in activities like those even though Im incarcerated. Summary. However we have to give them the opportunity to change the monster in them by teaching them that there is good in every bad situation. Maybe it takes 15 years. 87 Likes, TikTok video from EL NIO DE FUEGO (@antoniohernandezoficial): "Ya disponible en todas las plataformas digitales junto @MONCHO CHAVEA @original_eliass". Reflecting back on his first week teaching his screenwriting class, Cowan says he was struck by the teens saying they don't have friends. They Call Us Monsters takes viewers behind the walls of the Compound, the facility where Los Angeles houses its most violent juvenile criminals. Antonio Hernandez is the second kid we learn about in the film. Juan and Jarad were 16 when they were arrested; Antonio was 14. . Lear's documentary follows three boys living in such a compound who signed up for a screenwriting class: Antonio Hernandez, Jarad Nava, and Juan Gamez. When he heard about the bill, he joined forces with screenwriter Gabriel Cowan to produce the documentary "They Call Us Monsters.". A part of PBS, America's Home for Documentaries, We thought viewers of Ben Lears They Call Us Monsters may be interested in hearing from the young men featured in the film. The prison has a channel in which they play some of the new movies coming outso we watch about everything and anything that tells a good story. Antonio has since re-offended. Cowan conceptualized the idea to teach screenwriting and then produce and shoot a movie from the script the kids wrote. 83%. 1.7K Likes, TikTok video from antonio hernandez (@antonio_hernandezzz): "#fyp #foryou #foryoupage #trending #viral #foru #fyp". (SB 260 calls this diminished culpability.). , was created to rehabilitate, not to be punitive but it became a punitive system where the kids are getting punished for their trauma., Cowan, who also happens to be one of the films producers, is the first person to teach a screenwriting class with, InsideOUT Writers, a non-profit organization. Follow her on Twitter at @EmilyBeJordan. They Call Us Monsters aired on PBS in the spring. 1091 Media. The process of transforming real details into fiction seems to make the young men especially introspective. Thats whendirector Ben Learknew he had a film to make. They're held in a special wing of the lockup reserved for teens who will be standing trial as adults. In fact, since the human brain isnt fully developed until the age of 25, teens are less likely to understand risk and consequences, less able to resist peer pressure, which is relevant in deciding the level of sentence to impose for a crime one commits at, say, 15. He attended the Compound as part of InsideOUT Writers, an organization that uses creative writing programs as a way to aid in the rehabilitation of prison inmates. If everyone who reads our reporting helps to pay for it, our future would be much more secure. sonido original - joxls . Since rehabilitation programs continue to be underfunded, the recidivism rate isnt likely to go down. Juan mostly appears contemplative, or maybe just catatonic. being generous here 7 million pit bulls and Rottweilers and other dangerous breeds. Doing the numbers it appears that a child age 0-9 is 15x more likely to be killed by an aggressive dog breed than a firearm (excluding homicides). Moved by his friends predicament, he says that he wants to become successful for him. Seems like maybe youre afraid of the question.. Its not an excuse by any means. [1] The teenagers participate in a screenwriting class at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, California with producer Gabriel Cowan. Though not everyone would be lucky enough to benefit from this process a whole other story some people who were serving life sentences for offenses they had committed as youths suddenly found themselves eligible for release. Cowan conceptualized the idea to teach screenwriting and then produce and shoot a movie from the script the kids wrote. He speaks with renewed hope about providing his friends at the juvenile hall with a larger-than-life example of the success that they can aspire to achieve, transforming himself into a heroic figure on par with the "blue people in 'Avatar.'" Lear, who released Lillian as an album, partnered with Plastic Pollution Coalition and 4Gyres to raise awareness for plastic pollution. To their advocates, theyre kids. All three boys have children. Antonio, Juan and Jarad are enrolled in a 20-week screenwriting course taught by Gabe Cowan, and through clips of their classes and the fictional scenarios they develop, "They Call Us Monsters" THEY CALL US MONSTERS, a documentary that follows three juvenile offenders, is explored with director Ben Lear. This scene makes it into the final documentary, in which Learbraids together footage from the class with clips from the fictional film that the teens wrote. What is going on in these cities that so many young teens are being charged for gang-related murders? Im After watching the documentary They Call Us Monsters at the University of Redlands Orton Center last Thursday, I was left with these questions. 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