THE images in the movie trailer come fast and furious. Orange prison garb. Tight shots of young men’s faces — some expressions blank, some guarded, some defiant. A strongly built inmate, standing, fists clenched. A close-up of a tattoo.
“So you want to know what you get when you leave nine inmates in a room with a camera?” asked Stefano DeMicheli. “Hold your judgment.”
“Judgement” is the name of a new movie created by nine inmates at the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla. It is also a complicated subject for these young men, ages 16 to 21, who are part of the Incarcerated Youth Program. Certainly it was a judgment that landed them in jail — a decision made at a point in their young lives that led to their incarceration. And another judgment was made upon each of them, literally, in their conviction and sentencing.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/nyregion/westchester/0322colwe.html?smid=pl-share