| Summary: | Soros Documentary Fund
The film introduces James Forman, Jr., a 31-year-old public defender who is the son of civil rights leader Jim Forman, (executive director of SNCC, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee). Following in the family’s tradition of political activism, James Forman is on the frontlines of what he believes to be today’s civil rights movement: defending young black men and women who cannot afford representation and trying to help them break an ongoing cycle of crime and incarceration. This verité film documents Forman’s work at the Public Defender Service and at an alternative high school for juvenile ex-offenders, which he co-founded. Through an in-depth look at Forman’s efforts, “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” sheds light on the criminalization of African American juveniles caught up in the legal system.
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