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Life has its own story line
In a film class, a young gang offender scripts his own death. But a close call in the real world spurs him to change the direction of his future.

By John L. Mitchell
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 

In an old classroom trailer on the grounds of Camp David Gonzalez detention center, Alex Muñoz teaches a handful of youthful offenders the art of
making films.

Every year for the last five years, the class of teenagers has produced a number of dramatic scripts and, eventually, short films about the precarious
twists and turns of a harsh life on the streets.
But this year, one student's story was different: Marquise Calhoun's screenplay focused on death -- his own.
And that story line troubled Muñoz, who felt uneasy about encouraging Calhoun to make a film that foretells his own demise.

Finding The Filmmaker Within
October 15, 2004 by Susan McRae

LOS ANGELES - In one film, a teen describes his efforts to get his mom into a drug rehabilitation program. Another film features a kid who fathered two babies by two girls, and the consequences of his careless actions. The short dramatic pieces were written, directed and acted by youth locked up at Camp Gonzales, one of Los Angeles County's probation facilities, as part of an introductory film program.