They call us monsters / BMP Films presents ; a BMP Films production and a New Artists Alliance production ; director, Ben Lear ; producer, Gabriel Cowan.
Juan, Jared, and Antonio, all between fourteen and sixteen, face decades in prison. To pass the time, they sign up for a screenwriting class and collaborate on a short film about their lives, including Juan's unrequited love for his childhood friend, Abigail. Halfway through the class, Antonio returns to juvenile court and gets released with time served. Back home, he struggles to avoid the same patterns that first got him locked up. Meanwhile, the realities of Jared and Juan's crimes set in.
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