Evolution of a Criminal
MovieTitle | Evolution of a Criminal |
User score | 7.8 |
Release date | Mar 8, 2014 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Darius Clark Monroe |
Production country | US |
Run time | 81 min. |
In 1997, 17-year old Darius Clark Monroe robbed a bank and went to prison for it; then he went to NYU film school and made this movie about his life. The movie presents itself as an act of atonement, and an attempt by Monroe to understand himself and the social forces that drove him to a life of crime. Executive produced by Spike Lee, who was one of Monroe's professors at NYU.