Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (circa 77 min.)) : sound, color |
Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Performer |
Featuring Matthew Bentley, Kevin Boyd, Barbara Hernandez, Efren Paredes, Jennifer Pruitt. |
Summary |
Natural Life is a feature length experimental documentary challenging inequities in the U.S. juvenile justice system by depicting, through documentation and reenactment, the stories of five individuals who were sentenced to Life Without Parole (Natural Life) for crimes they committed as youth. The youthful status and/or lesser culpability of these youths, their background and their potential for rehabilitation, were not taken into account at any point in the charging and sentencing process. The five will never be evaluated for change, difference or growth. They will remain in prison till they die. The project portrays the ripple effect that the sentence has had not only on the incarcerated youth and their victims, but also on the community at large. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Juvenile delinquents -- United States -- Biography.
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Juvenile corrections -- United States -- Case studies.
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Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States -- Case studies.
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Life imprisonment -- United States -- Case studies.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States -- Case studies.
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Murderers -- United States -- Biography.
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Murder -- United States -- Case studies.
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Bentley, Matthew (Prisoner)
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Boyd, Kevin (Prisoner)
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Hernandez, Barbara (Prisoner)
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Paredes, Efran.
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Pruitt, Jennifer (Prisoner)
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Added Author |
Even, Tirtza, film director, film producer, publisher.
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Zehavi, Oded, 1961- composer.
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Note |
Title on container: Natural life |
Added Title |
hoopla (Digital media service)
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Music No. |
MWT11786137 |
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