Robert May (producer)

Robert May
May at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

Robert May is an American film producer. He was a producer of The War Tapes and The Station Agent, an executive producer of Stevie and The Fog of War, and the director and a producer of Kids for Cash. The Fog of War won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Kids for cash

In the Kids for cash scandal, judge Mark Ciavarella, who promoted a platform of zero tolerance, received kickbacks for constructing a private prison that housed juvenile offenders, and then proceeded to fill the prison by sentencing children to extended stays in juvenile detention for offenses as minimal as mocking a principal on Myspace, scuffles in hallways, trespassing in a vacant building, and shoplifting DVDs from Wal-mart. Critics of zero-tolerance policies argue that harsh punishments for minor offences are normalized.

May directed Kids for Cash, a 2013 documentary film about the "kids for cash" scandal which unfolded in 2008 over judicial kickbacks in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. May is a critic of the School-to-prison pipeline and zero tolerance law enforcement for juveniles.[1][2][3][4] In the documentary, May interviews experts on adolescent behaviour, who argue that the zero tolerance model has become a dominant approach to policing juvenile offences after the Columbine shooting.[5][6]

Critical response for Kids for Cash has been positive. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film an approval rating of 92% based on 36 reviews.[7]

References

  1. ^ KIDS FOR CASH Documentary with Filmmaker Robert May. The Lip TV. 2 June 2014.
  2. ^ Ronnie Scheib (3 December 2013). "'Kids for Cash' Review: Robert May's Shocking Documentary - Variety". Variety.
  3. ^ "Post Magazine - Director's Chair: Robert May - 'Kids for Cash'".
  4. ^ Zachary Shevich (December 2014). "'Kids For Cash' Director Robert May Talks Moral Judgments In Documentaries Interview - Way Too Indie". Way Too Indie.
  5. ^ "A Plot with a Scandal: A Closer Look at 'Kids for Cash' Documentary". 10 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Kids for Cash (2014) film".
  7. ^ "Kids for Cash". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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