A film about executing juvenile offenders in the U.S.
In violation of Human Rights Conventions, the judicial system in America is sentencing sixteen and seventeen year-olds to death.
Folke Rydén and his crew take their cameras inside Death Row in several states where juveniles are held. The programme examines a number of individual cases and exposes the arbitrary nature of the U.S. justice system.
Production Team
Producer: Folke Rydén, for Swedish Television
Camera: Bo Sand
Music: Erik Häusler
Awards
1994 Winner of the UNESCO Prize and the Silver Medal – International Television festival in Monte Carlo
Reviews
“A good example of the excellent art of European documentary-making”
“A disturbing but essential documentary”
“Shockingly effective”
“A sober account of a society panicking when it loses control of crime”
“Reality spoke for itself. It’s the greatness of documentary”
Reviews Swedish
”…starkt exempel på lysande europeisk reportagekonst…”
– Svenska Dagbladet
”…en obehaglig men ack så nödvändig dokumentär…”
– Aftonbladet
”Trots att själva ämnet inbjuder till spekulativa inslag är ’Dödens barn’inget snyftreportage, utan en nykter skildring av ett samhälle som handlar i panik när det tappar kontrollen över kriminaliteten”
– Dagens Nyheter
”…uppskakande effektiv.”
– Upsala Nya Tidning
”…inga pekpinnar. Verkligheten berättade själv. Se där, dokumentärens storhet”
– Sydsvenska Dagbladet