NOT TOO YOUNG TO DIE

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