Sentenced

Sentenced

Children who don't learn to read are sentenced to a lifetime of struggle.

2022 · 69 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

Too often, if a child is illiterate at the end of third grade, they will fall behind forever. By nine years old, many children are already SENTENCED to the cycles of poverty, prison, and addiction that have devastated generations before them. Our story begins with a heartbreaking look at adults who never learned to read and ends with the children who still have a chance.

Directed by Connor Martin · Written by Tony Kriz

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