GMU Visiting Filmmakers Series: Evolution of a Criminal | JCC 13 November 2014, 4:30pm

Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM EST
Johnson Center, Theater

How does a 16-year-old evolve into a bank robber? In Evolution of a Criminal, filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe asks this very question -- about himself. After seeing his mother and stepfather struggle to make ends meet while living outside of Houston, Texas, Monroe decided to help them by robbing a bank with two friends. In the film, Monroe interviews his family members, close friends and mentors who recount the stages of his transformation, going from a joyous childhood to the moment he realized the severity of his family’s financial problems, and how their struggles changed his outlook on society and his life as a whole.

Returning to his neighborhood several years after the crime, Monroe creates an incredibly intimate and personal journey of reflection and forgiveness while beautifully examining lower class struggles, the desperation of a teen under pressure, and the emotional impact that rippled in the aftermath of that day.

Our discussion with Darius Clark Monroe on Thursday will be facilitated by Wendi Manuel-Scott, Director of African and African American Studies.

Evolution of a Criminal and Darius Clark Monroe at GMU is sponsored by Film & Media Studies and Film & Video Studies. The event is cosponsored by African and African American Studies, Communication, Criminology, Law and Society, English, History and Art History, Honors College, Psychology, University Life, and Women & Gender Studies.

This event is free and open to the public. 

Darius Clark Monroe will be the guest for Studio A on Friday 14 November at 3pm.

For more information: Evolution of a Criminal at GMU FAMS.

Sponsored by Film & Media Studies and Film & Video Studies .