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Evolution of a Criminal

Grand Prize Winner at the prestigious Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the film asks: How does a 16 year-old evolve into a bank robber? Director Darius Clark Monroe asks this very questionabout himself. After seeing his mother and stepfather struggle to make ends meet while living outside of Houston, Texas, Monroe decided to help them by robbing a bank with two friends. Monroe interviews his family members, close friends and mentors who recount the stages of his transformation from a joyous childhood to the moment he realized the severity of his family's financial problems, and how their struggles changed his outlook and his life as a whole. Returning to his neighborhood several years after the crime, Monroe creates an incredibly intimate and personal journey of reflection and forgiveness while beautifully examining lower class struggles, the desperation of a teen under pressure, and the emotional impact that rippled in the aftermath of that day. (USA, 2014) IN PERSON: Darius Clark Monroe

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