About This Film
Festival Year: 1979
Run Time: 127 Minutes
Film Type: Feature
Animated: No
Countr(ies): USA
English Subtitles: No
Captions: None
Film Overview
The film depicts the day-to-day episodes that typify the treatment of juvenile offenders, from their arrests and initial processing to the final disposition of their cases in a municipal juvenile court in Memphis. Wiseman involves us in the problems of the court system from the vantage of the judge, the lawyers, the social workers and the parents, as well as the accused. Cine Golden Eagle Award, 1974.