Evolution of a Criminal (2014)
How does a 16 year-old evolve into a bank robber?
In 1997, 17-year old Darius Clark Monroe robbed a bank and went to prison for it; then he went to NYU film school and made this movie about his life. The movie presents itself as an act of atonement, and an attempt by Monroe to understand himself and the social forces that drove him to a life of crime. Executive produced by Spike Lee, who was one of Monroe's professors at NYU.
- Date of release
- 2014-03-08
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Darius Clark Monroe
Casting
- Vladimir Versailles — Pierre
- Dante E. Clark — Darius
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