Land of the Free

This film portrays Brian, Juan and Gianni from South Central, Los Angeles. Obstacles are aplenty when you are a child growing up between gang members, or a teenager with an addiction and a newborn, or yet a middle-aged man, just released into a new and changed world after 24 years spent in prison. Following their lives for more than two years, the film shows with precision the psychological impact of a prison system that focuses on punishment rather than prevention and rehabilitation. The three characters merge into one life story in this intimate portrait of people living in a society where help is scarce and you have to rely on your own resources to get by.