An up close and personal look at the juvenile justice system — featuring eye-opening and ultimately heartbreaking interviews with children who obviously would have thrived in today’s society given the right set of circumstances.

Feature Length Documentary – Urbanworld Film Festival 2004
Best Documentary – Beverly Hills Film Festival 2004

Director: Leslie Neale
Producer: Traci Odom
Executive Producer: Mark Wahlberg and John Densmore

Leslie Neale
DIRECTOR

A longtime advocate for criminal justice reform, Leslie Neale’s directing credits include ROAD TO RETURN, which prompted a US Senate bill to fund ex-convict aftercare programs in six states. She directed the television doc RHYTHM OF THE HEART, and A HEALING PRESENCE for the Medical Mission Sisters.