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Choices And Change offers a gripping portrait of the challenges faced by students and staff at A New Day - a juvenile justice program serving middle school students in Durham, North Carolina. The film makes a compelling case for supporting community alternatives in our juvenile justice system and touches upon many of the social, economic, and institutional forces impacting young people at risk of delinquency and school failure. The film emerged out of youth video workshops taught by filmmaker Kenny Dalsheimer at A New Day a program for court-involved and suspended young people. It was during his time at this program that Dalsheimer began an exploration of junvenile justice issues and invited his students to produce their own video and photographs for the film. Choices And Change conveys a message of hope through its thoughtful use of student material and the keen insights offered by adults working with our most at-risk youth. In the end, the film offers images and reflections that humanize children so often vilified in the mainstream media.

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Choices And Change

"This documentary is a powerful advocacy film for many of the wonderful community-based juvenile justice programs across North Carolina and the U.S. I encourage my fellow state legislators to see this film, because it suggests a way that states can become 'smart on crime'." - Rep. Paul Luebke, Co-Chair, House Finance Committee, North Carolina General Assembly

"Choices and Change should be seen by every state legislator, members of the Governor's Crime Commission the Governor, the local Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils and anybody else wanting to support our most at-risk youth. The film offers a more powerful message than any thing I have seen about this issue. In a nutshell, what Dalsheimer has done is brilliant. The film brings to life what I see every day in court." - Judge Marcia Morey, Durham County District Court

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