Agrega una trama en tu idiomaProduced By: Orlando Myricks and Cecil Holmes for Ghettoflix ProductionsProduced By: Orlando Myricks and Cecil Holmes for Ghettoflix ProductionsProduced By: Orlando Myricks and Cecil Holmes for Ghettoflix Productions
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Great piece of documentary film
There is truth in this film. The unfortunate thing is that I don't believe it is what the producers and director were looking for. Watch closely and you'll see that the underlying message from nearly all of the interviewees is "it's not our fault", and it's a "conspiracy by the white man" to keep them in their place. Until any group (or person for that matter) accepts responsibility for their actions there can be no fixing of the problem. Healing can only begin when "blame" stops.
The logic is also backward; when the minister says that "big business built prisons and now needs to fill them", he's not accepting what is fact. There is so much overcrowding, new prisons need built...and yes, big business sees an opportunity to capitalize on it. That is capitalism by definition and how our country operates. No one is building prisons and then letting the police loose to fill them; they don't have to. When you murder someone and get caught, there is no conspiracy. This is simply bad behavior.
This film also depicts a sense that "the man" is just scooping up young black men and putting them in prison for no reason. Black, white, Hispanic, and Asian men who are in prison have committed crimes and been convicted by a jury of their peers, based on evidence. Is it a perfect system; no. Does the American justice system get it right most often; yes. To imply that these people in prison are innocent bystanders that somehow just ended up in prison is simply more ignorance to the facts.
To compare the modern day prison system to the horrendous situation the black slave had to endure is to minimize their suffering. Shame on the producers for leaving that in the film.
Keep making excuses for bad/illegal behavior and the prisons will continue to grow in population. Look to yourselves for the answer because no one else can help you.
One of the interviewees talks about "black on black love" and how that would be wonderful and help fix the problem. He is right. If only the young black male could see this as truth...
The logic is also backward; when the minister says that "big business built prisons and now needs to fill them", he's not accepting what is fact. There is so much overcrowding, new prisons need built...and yes, big business sees an opportunity to capitalize on it. That is capitalism by definition and how our country operates. No one is building prisons and then letting the police loose to fill them; they don't have to. When you murder someone and get caught, there is no conspiracy. This is simply bad behavior.
This film also depicts a sense that "the man" is just scooping up young black men and putting them in prison for no reason. Black, white, Hispanic, and Asian men who are in prison have committed crimes and been convicted by a jury of their peers, based on evidence. Is it a perfect system; no. Does the American justice system get it right most often; yes. To imply that these people in prison are innocent bystanders that somehow just ended up in prison is simply more ignorance to the facts.
To compare the modern day prison system to the horrendous situation the black slave had to endure is to minimize their suffering. Shame on the producers for leaving that in the film.
Keep making excuses for bad/illegal behavior and the prisons will continue to grow in population. Look to yourselves for the answer because no one else can help you.
One of the interviewees talks about "black on black love" and how that would be wonderful and help fix the problem. He is right. If only the young black male could see this as truth...
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- chadleydooright
- 13 oct 2007
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- USD 85,000 (estimado)
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 15 minutos
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