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Exclusive Fireboys Trailer & Key Art For Coming-of-Age Documentary
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ComingSoon is premiering the exclusive trailer and key art for the
upcoming documentary Fireboys, directed by Jake Hochendoner and
Drew Dickler and featuring Jesus "Chuy" Hernandez and Antoinio
Wellington.

Fireboys is the untold story of young men incarcerated in
California who are offered a way out: by fighting wildfires.
Immersive and personal, this coming-of-age story examines a
correctional path that is both hopeful and destructive.

As these seasonal blazes rage across the state, over 3,000
professional firefighters and 3,000 volunteer inmates battle the
fires for many months on end, sometimes into the winter. Pine Grove
firefighters have fought in all of the deadliest and largest fires
in California's recent history, including the Camp and Mendocino
Complex fires of 2018. Without incarcerated firefighters,
California would not be able to manage the growing intensity of
fire season. The employment of inmate firefighters - and the
opportunities and challenges that await them upon their release
from prison - are at the heart of Fireboys.

Check out the exclusive trailer below:

Trailer: (1min 40secs)
<https://youtu.be/8hLBL0HEMPk>

Poster:

<https://www.comingsoon.net/assets/uploads/2021/07/PRESS-POSTER-FireBoys-1.jpg>

Per the filmmakers, in the era of mass incarceration, do programs
like the one at Pine Grove represent a shift in the criminal
justice paradigm from retribution towards rehabilitation? Or are
they manipulating a vulnerable population of laborers in order to
address the crises of longer and more destructive fire seasons?
And what responsibility, if any, does this system have to support
formerly incarcerated individuals upon their release?

Fireboys attempts to offer an accurate view into two people's
experiences, both positive and negative, as they navigate the
challenges of coming of age inside the American criminal justice
system.

In the United States, we are witnessing a change in philosophy
towards rehabilitation, one that questions the long-held belief
that crime can be reduced through longer and harsher sentences.
This change is evident in the passage of new laws such as
California's Proposition 57, which prevents youth from being
charged as adults for their crimes. These are encouraging trends,
but they also point to the need for a greater understanding of
how such rehabilitative programs work, as well as a comprehensive
study of what makes some programs more effective than others at
reducing recidivism.

California's juvenile justice system has been lauded for many of
its reforms in the past decade, including reducing prison sentences
for juvenile offenders, changing sentencing laws, creating a path
for youth offenders to expunge their criminal record following
release, and drastically reducing the number of young people inside
the system.

1091 Pictures presents a co-production of Divided Line Cinema and
Deep Dive Films, in association with StoryLens Pictures. The
documentary is produced by Hochendoner, Dickler, Geoff Pingree, and
David Sherwin.

Fireboys will be available to purchase or rent digitally on
August 3, 2021.

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