SXSW 2017‘The Archer’ Delivers Thrills, Social Commentary, and a Dash of ExploitationImagine a fictional and highly entertaining remake of the documentary ‘Kids for Cash.’
The Hunger Games franchise may be over, but those of us who enjoy watching young women send pointy missiles of death towards evil-doers aren’t out of luck just yet. Ignore the unimaginative title — The Archer is a thrilling and highly compelling tale of young woman fighting back against a justice system gone rogue, and it’s inspired by a real-world travesty.
Lauren (Bailey Noble) is an A-student and an expert marksman on her high-school archery team, but she watches as her life crumbles following an altercation and the subsequent criminal proceeding. She’s charged with assault, and while it was in defense of her best friend the judge throws the proverbial book at her sentencing her to a remote detention facility for wayward youths for an “indeterminate” sentence.
She...
The Hunger Games franchise may be over, but those of us who enjoy watching young women send pointy missiles of death towards evil-doers aren’t out of luck just yet. Ignore the unimaginative title — The Archer is a thrilling and highly compelling tale of young woman fighting back against a justice system gone rogue, and it’s inspired by a real-world travesty.
Lauren (Bailey Noble) is an A-student and an expert marksman on her high-school archery team, but she watches as her life crumbles following an altercation and the subsequent criminal proceeding. She’s charged with assault, and while it was in defense of her best friend the judge throws the proverbial book at her sentencing her to a remote detention facility for wayward youths for an “indeterminate” sentence.
She...
- 3/14/2017
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
My look at 2014 continues as I review the best documentaries of 2014. Documentaries can serve a multitude of purposes. You will have your change the world docs that pick a certain cause and attempt to spread the word so people will rise up and do something. You have those that are just about a particular story that is just too incredible to believe. You also have those experimental docs that are all about playing with the perimeters with film and experience. My list covers those categories and much more. It shows documentaries can really be used to do just about anything.
10. Kids for Cash Directed By: Robert May
Synopsis: Kids For Cash is a riveting look behind the notorious judicial scandal that rocked the nation. Beyond the millions paid and high stakes corruption, Kids For Cash exposes a shocking American secret. In the wake of the shootings at Columbine, a small...
10. Kids for Cash Directed By: Robert May
Synopsis: Kids For Cash is a riveting look behind the notorious judicial scandal that rocked the nation. Beyond the millions paid and high stakes corruption, Kids For Cash exposes a shocking American secret. In the wake of the shootings at Columbine, a small...
- 1/6/2015
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
2014 is now in full swing, the Sundance Film Festival has closed its doors, and film festivals like South by Southwest and Tribeca are generating more buzz for the year’s noteworthy indie narratives and documentaries. In recent years, documentaries such as Restrepo, Gasland, and Searching For Sugarman went on to become heavyweights. This year’s contenders include topics taken from popular memoirs and biographies, along with subject matter pertaining to youths and youth culture. Below, you’ll find a comprehensive list of Sundance and non-Sundance documentaries to keep an eye out for this year, equipped with official synopsis and trailer when available. 2014 is shaping out to a versatile year in the documentary world, ranging from heavy-handed family dramas such as Tracy Droz Tragos’ and Andrew Droz Palermo’s Rich Hill, to baseball biographies such as Chapman and Maclain Way’s The Battered Bastards of Baseball and Jeff Radice’s No No A Dockumentary,...
- 3/9/2014
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
In the 35 years since Scared Straight! won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, there have been numerous follow-ups and a brand of juvenile rehabilitation programs named after it. Have the films and the efforts they’ve inspired worked? That’s up for debate in some areas, but regardless it’s worth noting their one major limitation: they aim to teach kids that if they do something criminal they’ll go to prison. Well, there’s a new doc that goes further to send a scarier message to our youth. Robert May‘s Kids For Cash offers the cynical idea that kids can be completely or relatively innocent and still wind up incarcerated, because you never know when a mishandling of justice may occur for someone of any age. Specifically, this doc is about a scandal involving corrupt judges in Pennsylvania who sent thousands of youths to a detention center from which they received millions of dollars. The...
- 3/2/2014
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Kids For Cash SenArt Film Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B Director: Robert May Cast: Mark Ciavarella, Michael Conahan, Justin Bodner, Hillary Transue, Amanda Lorah, Sandy Fonzo, Charlie Balasavage, Terrie Morgan-Besecker Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 2/3/14 Opens: February 7 in Philadelphia, February 28 in NY, March 7 in L.A. In directing this documentary, Robert May casts his indictments across a broad spectrum of American society. May shocks the audience straight-out with the message sprawled across the screen that only three countries have refused to sign the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: Somalia, South Sudan, and…the United States! One wishes that [ Read More ]
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- 2/8/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Watch the trailer for Robert May's critically-acclaimed Kids for Cash documentary. Kids For Cash is a riveting look behind the notorious judicial scandal that rocked the nation. Beyond the millions paid and high stakes corruption, Kids For Cash exposes a shocking American secret. In the wake of the shootings at Columbine, a small town celebrates a charismatic judge who is hell-bent on keeping kids in line...until one parent dares to question the motives behind his brand of justice. This real life thriller reveals the untold stories of the masterminds at the center of the scandal and the chilling aftermath of lives destroyed in the process - a stunning emotional roller coaster.
- 12/10/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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