Coming to Independent Lens: Rich Hill
Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Rich Hill follows three teenage boys, Andrew, Harley, and Appachey, as they struggle with isolation, broken families, and lack of opportunity in their Missouri town, where the idea of the American Dream may remain elusively out of reach, but the desire for a better tomorrow remains.
Previews + Extras
Rich Hill: Moving Back to Thayer
S16 E6 - 2m 12s
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Rich Hill, one of the boys, Andrew, explains how his family left Rich Hill and moved to Thayer, Missouri because they simply could not make it in the former town, but he’s tired of packing up and moving all the time. “I have no say in what happens, they’re the parents and I’m just a kid.”
Rich Hill: Dreams and Prayers for the Future
S16 E6 - 2m 9s
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Rich Hill, two of the boys, Appachey and Andrew, share their dreams for their own future. Appachey fantasizes about someday moving to China and teaching art (“painting dragons”), while Andrew wonders if his daily prayers to God will someday be answered.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Evolution of a Criminal
S16 E6 - 1m 48s
How does a 16-year-old go from honors student to bank robber? In Evolution of a Criminal, filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe explores the financial straits that led him to a desperate act as teenager in Texas, and returns to the scene of the crime to interview family members, close friends, and mentors to reflect on the aftermath.
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