16 Bars | movie | 2018 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Todd “Speech” Thomas, a member of the iconic hip-hop group Arrested Development, spends 10 days working as part of a | dG1fXzhrdlhlTzY0ZzA

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00:00Lock a dog in the cage and mistreat him,

00:03then what you think gonna happen once you release him?

00:09It's very comfortable to believe that everyone who goes to jail,

00:13that's where they're going, and now we've rid ourselves of that particular ill.

00:18But if they're not actually being reformed, then what's the point?

00:21Is it just to move people out the way?

00:23If I could go back to when I was young

00:32A couple of grand larcenies in the name of drugs

00:36I'd undo the things I've done

00:39I've been coming back and forth to jail since I was 10 years old, man.

00:42I made a career out of that.

00:44Listen now, son, you better think twice

00:47I'm gonna lay my burdens down

00:54It's one thing to just be in a jail and know that there's a problem

00:59It's another to start seeing people trapped in this cycle

01:03They're striving to overcome demons

01:07that are just simply hard to overcome

01:17I think I'll get one more shot, though

01:19And I think it'll be my last one

01:22You gotta speak your truth, that's what's gonna free you

01:25Make what you've been through count

01:30These are men that are behind bars, but they still have voices

01:34There's something there that needs to be said to the world

01:37I'm not saying that I'm perfect, I'm not saying that I won't come back

01:39I'm saying that I don't want to come back

01:44Is it uncomfortable? Hell yeah!

01:46I'm not gonna tell you that it's gonna be easy

01:48I'm not gonna tell you that it's not gonna be easy

01:51I do believe in redemption

01:53With everybody, with anybody

01:55No matter what they've done