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Kids in Jail
201345 min 38 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Larry Lynn
Production: Tracey Friesen
Script: Larry Lynn
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of the Burnaby Youth Custody Services and the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development.
With unprecedented access, acquired after years of volunteering at Burnaby’s youth custody centre, filmmaker Larry Lynn paints an intimate, complex portrait of kids in jail. The film raises difficult yet vital questions about at-risk youth and young offenders, and asks: Should we be doing more?
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Subject categories
- Law and Crime > Juvenile DelinquencyPrisons and Prisoners
- Social Issues > Juvenile Delinquency
- Children and Youth > Juvenile Delinquency
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent Development
- Social Studies > Contemporary IssuesLawSocial Policies and Programs
Credits
- writer
- Larry Lynn
- director
- Larry Lynn
- producer
- Tracey Friesen
- associate producer
- Catrina Longmuir
- narrator
- Larry Lynn
- editor
- Daryl Bennet
- Manfred Becker
- cinematographer
- Larry Lynn
- original score
- James Lynn
- additional score
- Daryl Bennett
- sound design
- Jon Ritchie
- motion graphics
- Pablo Margain
- Victor Cuellar
- production assistant
- Gordon Guo
- Damian Kuehn
- re-recording engineer
- Jon Ritchie
- post-production services
- Finale Editworks
- colourist
- Lorne Wright
- production coordinator
- Teri Snelgrove
- technical coordinator
- Wes Machnikowski
- production supervisor
- Kathryn Lynch
- marketing manager
- Leslie Stafford
- program administrator
- Bruce Hagerman
- Janine Steele
- executive producer
- Tracey Friesen