Me Facing Life: They All Wanted Admiration
Clip: Season 12 Episode 15 | 3m
In prison, Cyntoia tries to recuperate her own self-esteem after years of abuse.
In 2004, Cyntoia Brown was arrested for murder. There was no question that a 43-year-old man is dead and that she killed him. What mystified filmmaker Daniel Birman was just how common violence among youth is, and just how rarely we stop to question our assumptions about it. He wondered in this case what led a girl -- who grew-up in a reasonable home environment -- to this tragic end?
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Me Facing Life: They All Wanted Admiration
Clip: Season 12 Episode 15 | 3m
In 2004, Cyntoia Brown was arrested for murder. There was no question that a 43-year-old man is dead and that she killed him. What mystified filmmaker Daniel Birman was just how common violence among youth is, and just how rarely we stop to question our assumptions about it. He wondered in this case what led a girl -- who grew-up in a reasonable home environment -- to this tragic end?
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Criminal Justice System: Cyntoia as Mentor
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 2m 52s | Cyntoia reflects on the difficult circumstances of life in prison. (2m 52s)
Criminal Justice System: Decisions
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 8m 37s | This module looks at the ways families are affected by incarceration. (8m 37s)
Criminal Justice System: Expression
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 7m 43s | Delve into a drama therapy program at a juvenile detention center for girls in Illinois. (7m 43s)
Criminal Justice System: Intervention
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 6m | The Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program connects daughters with their incarcerated moms. (6m)
Criminal Justice System: Meet Cyntoia
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 6m 29s | Cyntoia, a teen girl serving a life sentence for murder, tells her story. (6m 29s)
Criminal Justice System: Meet Rosa
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 4m 50s | Rosa talks about factors that have led to a pattern of juvenile detention. (4m 50s)
Criminal Justice System: Mentorship
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 4m 22s | Ida attends her mother's high school graduation in prison. (4m 22s)
Criminal Justice System: Seizing Stories
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 4m 19s | Cyntoia shares her history with sexual violence, which has profoundly impacted her life. (4m 19s)
Criminal Justice System: What to Do
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 3m 22s | Hear opinions on the result of Cyntoia’s case and if teens should be tried as adults. (3m 22s)
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story - Promo
Preview: S12 Ep15 | 28s | She made a split-second decision that changed everything. (28s)
Me Facing Life: Pretrial Interview
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 3m 9s | In a pretrial interview, Dr. William Bernet listens as Cyntonia recounts a painful past. (3m 9s)
Me Facing Life: Prison Reflections
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 2m 34s | Via prison telephone, Cyntoia recounts her past choices and hopes for a better future. (2m 34s)
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 1m 43s | Cyntoia's adoptive mother struggles to understand why she missed the warning signs. (1m 43s)
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