Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story (2011)

Directed by

Daniel H. Birman

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the story of Cyntoia Brown, a teenager sentenced to 51 years in prison for murder. It explores her experiences with sex trafficking and her claim of self-defense.

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What happens

Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story is a documentary film about Cyntoia Brown, a 16-year old sentenced to 51 years for the murder of Johnny Allen. Brown had been forced into prostitution and involuntarily sex trafficked as a minor by Garion "Kut-Throat” McGlothen. Brown claimed she killed Allen in self-defense, adding she feared she was likely to be murdered by him. Prosecutors argued the physical evidence present at the crime scene suggested Allen was asleep at the time of the murder. This film, detailing her arrest and subsequent conviction, was produced by Daniel H. Birman and premiered on PBS's Independent Lens series on March 1, 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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