An intimate account of young offenders who get a chance to learn firefighting skills at Pine Cove..
over a period of months we follow a group of young offenders seeking a way out, some want to escape solitude whilst others seek to build a new life..
Fire is their salvation...or so it seems
As the state of California uses incarcerated felons to be trained as firefighters....the same system ignores them after they have served their debts...
some make it through a harsh training program, whilst others fail,...only to be put back into their cells...
in the end it all comes down to how bad you want it....and how strong you are making it in the outside world...
this documentary was superbly shot and edited...giving us a glimpse into the lives of young men who otherwise had no means of making it into the normal world...
over a period of months we follow a group of young offenders seeking a way out, some want to escape solitude whilst others seek to build a new life..
Fire is their salvation...or so it seems
As the state of California uses incarcerated felons to be trained as firefighters....the same system ignores them after they have served their debts...
some make it through a harsh training program, whilst others fail,...only to be put back into their cells...
in the end it all comes down to how bad you want it....and how strong you are making it in the outside world...
this documentary was superbly shot and edited...giving us a glimpse into the lives of young men who otherwise had no means of making it into the normal world...