After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question.
Direction
Birman's 15-year access builds devastating intimacy
Editing
Juxtaposes Cyntoia's growth against frozen legal logic
Director
Daniel H. Birman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cyntoia's case sparked Rihanna and Kim Kardashian's advocacy, directly pressuring Tennessee's clemency review.
The 'fetal alcohol spectrum disorder' defense—introduced mid-film—was ultimately rejected by courts but reshaped public sympathy.
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