Independent Lens
Season 12 Episode 15 - Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
6.5 ?
1999
Documentary
At the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown, who had suffered a long history of abuse, killed a man who picked her up for sex. The filmmaker has unprecedented access to Cyntioa in prison, and spends two years with her and her family as they await her eventual sentencing to life in prison in Tennessee. This film challenges our assumptions about violence and explores how a young person can be predestined for tragedy by life circumstances.
Episodes in Season 12
1
The Parking Lot Movie
60 min
2
Art & Copy
60 min
3
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian
60 min
4
The Longoria Affair
60 min
5
Lost Sparrow
60 min
6
Deep Down
60 min
7
45365
60 min
8
The Calling, Part 1
60 min
9
The Calling, Part 2
60 min
10
Men Who Swim
60 min
11
Children of Haiti
60 min
12
For Once in My Life
60 min
13
When I Rise
60 min
14
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
60 min
15
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
60 min
NOW PLAYING
16
Pushing the Elephant
60 min
17
The Desert of Forbidden Art
60 min
18
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
60 min
19
Waste Land
60 min
20
Marwencol
60 min
21
A Film Unfinished
60 min
22
Bhutto
60 min
23
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
60 min
24
Welcome to Shelbyville
60 min
25
Two Spirits
60 min
