Tatooed tears
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Explicitly documents in cinema-verite style the California Youth authority institution for male offenders aged 17-21. Follows a few youths through various prison conflicts with authorities. (Contains explicit Language and some nudity; previewing suggested)
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Looks inside a California youth detention center and training school. Captures the oppressive daily routine and encounters between inmates and their guardians. Raises questions about the presumed goal of rehabilitation or the system's ability to cause any real change in such alienated young men.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, length, format, color, sound, description
- Wikidata · Q123288617 ↗ — country
- 16mm Filmography editors — creator, catalog record
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