La Isla de los niños perdidos

“Aged twenty, fights, drugs and death are part of their lives. Lives reduced to the limits of their barrio, a world with its own laws and where there is little room for hope. (…) They have been condemned because they broke our laws. Even though they now regret their acts, the price to pay is much higher than they ever imagined, with some prison sentences stretching out thirty years. They again find themselves in a world of outcasts where survival is the only law around. We spent two months in Nicaragua’s largest prison, together with ten young inmates who took part in our video workshop. We gave them cameras, a bit of technical advice and, with the authorities’ agreement, they were left free to make their own films inside the prison. We accompanied them throughout the workshop, whilst our own camera captured what was happening around us and between them.” (Florence Jaugey)