LOST FOR LIFE, the documentary tracing the effects of imprisonment on youth offenders, and how life sentencing for minors has caused a moral crisis in the justice system, is shared with the trailer and discussion courtesy of director Joshua Rofé. The broken system, lost concept of rehabilitation, and the larger concept of forgiveness in a society that is fixated on punishment is all explored in this Media Mayhem interview.
GUEST BIO:
Joshua Rofé is a director and writer known for THE GRAY IN BETWEEN, BROOKLYN BATTERY and THE SMALLEST RIVER IN ALMIRANTE. He was born in Brooklyn, New York to immigrant parents. Discovering the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Martin Scorsese, John Cassavetes, and Werner Herzog set him on the path of making films. It was the sense of urgency and brutal honesty in their respective works that inspired and helped shape him as a filmmaker. After hearing a story from a friend’s father, who is a judge, about a 15-year-old girl he had sentenced to Life Without Parole, Rofé knew what his next film would be LOST FOR LIFE, which is also his first documentary.
In the United States today, more than 2,500 individuals are serving life-without-parole sentences for crimes they committed when they were 17 years old or younger. Children as young as 13 are among the thousands serving these sentences. LOST FOR LIFE, tells the stories of these individuals, of their families’ and of the families of victims of juvenile murder. It is the result of writer-director-producer Joshua Rofé’s intensive efforts over four years.
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EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
00:01 Welcome to Media Mayhem.
00:20 Introducing Joshua Rofé.
00:50 Lost for Life, the incarceration of juveniles, and interviews with inmates.
08:40 Looking at the families of convicted killers.
15:30 How prison abuse worsens criminals, solitary confinement, and the broken system.
21:00 Forgiveness from the families of victims.
29:00 Rehabilitation, second chances, and sexual abuse.
36:20 Thanks and goodbye.