The School of Social Ecology's Center in Law, Society, and Culture, UCI LIFTED (Leveraging Inspriing Futures Through Educational Degrees) and the School of Law's Criminal Justice and Community Violence Intervention Clinics sponsor a screening of "They Call Us Monsters," followed by a discussion with director Ben Lear and two people featured in the documentary, Juan Gamez and Antonio Hernandez.
"They Call Us Monsters" goes behind the walls of the Compound, a high-security 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. The film follows three young offenders who sign up to take a screenwriting class with producer Gabe Cowan as they await their respective trials.
Pizza will be served at this event.
