Big, smart, adult birds, too, no
juvies. It made no sense.
Captain Eric Davis of Vero Backcountry Charters (verobackcountry.com) prefers to fly fish for the "
juvies," throwing light-colored baitfish and shrimp flies.
As the season fades into frosty mornings and iced over potholes, those naive
juvies transform into intelligent adults.
Narrated by Mike Farrell ("M*A*S*H"), the film was created by award-winner Leslie Neale, whose earlier film "
Juvies" toured the world as one of the Top 10 Human Rights Watch films of 2005.
"We're hoping for a good turnout," said author Ruth Cohen, who has been promoting her novel "My
Juvies" and who recently completed her second book.
With a hefty lineup that includes seven new skeins, MTV will make a big push to climb out of its valley with an innovative mix of high-rated, high-gloss series, including a second season of "Laguna" spinoff "The Hills," with edgy docu-style experiments like "
Juvies," which follows kids from the court hearing to their sentence in a juvenile detention center, and "Two-A-Days," about an Alabama high school football team.
Leslie Neale, whose latest film, "
Juvies" was shot in California Youth Authority facilities, stripped away any illusions listeners might have had about the fairness and authenticity of how America now handles its juvenile offenders: "I've had a DA tell me, off the record, that one of the girls sentenced 27 to life was not the murderer, but that 'someone had to go down for the crime.'
Juvies haven't experienced a migration and are much easier to trick than their older, seasoned relatives.
But with the release of her self-published novel "My
Juvies," you might also wish you had her talent for writing from the heart.
A loud condemnation of the American judicial system's treatment of minors, "
Juvies" is designed to change minds about issues ranging from teenage crime to law-and-order politics.
For more on the documentary film "
Juvies": www.juvies.net