I saw this doc. awhile back, and it, and this story, really impressed me. The filmmaker tells his story of robbing a bank at age 17 with his two buddies. It seems that his family was strapped for cash, so he's like- you know what, let's rob a bank! And they may have gotten away with it too, except his one pal couldn't keep his trap shut, and bragged about it all over school- PLUS was spending cash like cray cray. Finally, the cops arrested him (the filmmaker), and he got some time in the pen.
He did an amazing thing though- he turned his life around- went to film school in NYC, and made this movie. It was interesting afterwards, when his film professors and classmates were interviewed- they were like, OK, I had NO IDEA this guy was a felon-??!! In fact, they almost took it a little as deceit. And he was like, well, would YOU lend your film equipment out to someone who robbed a bank just a few years earlier-?? LOL Well, anyhoo, I'd def. give this little doc. a solid recommend. And kids...if you're gonna rob a bank...DON'T go braggin your a** off at school about it the next day!!?? ;)
He did an amazing thing though- he turned his life around- went to film school in NYC, and made this movie. It was interesting afterwards, when his film professors and classmates were interviewed- they were like, OK, I had NO IDEA this guy was a felon-??!! In fact, they almost took it a little as deceit. And he was like, well, would YOU lend your film equipment out to someone who robbed a bank just a few years earlier-?? LOL Well, anyhoo, I'd def. give this little doc. a solid recommend. And kids...if you're gonna rob a bank...DON'T go braggin your a** off at school about it the next day!!?? ;)