Locked Out

Holden is just one of the 2.4 million people who was entrapped within the criminal justice system. After his release from prison he does all he can to make it in a world that does all it can to keep him “Locked Out.”

  • Juan Mejia
    Director
  • Juan Castaneda
    Director
  • Juan Mejia
    Writer
  • Juan Castaneda
    Writer
  • Juan Castaneda
    Director of Photography
  • Melissa Cox
    Producer
  • Juan Yepes
    Producer
  • Advocate of Wordz
    Lyrics and Voice
  • Lex Daemon
    Key Cast
  • Corine C Donovan
    Key Cast
  • Michael Wetherbee
    Key Cast
  • Markia Butler
    Key Cast
  • Alexander William Smith
    Key Cast
  • Molly Elizabeth Parker
    Key Cast
  • Alejandro Cruz
    Key Cast
  • Marlena Pavich
    Art Director
  • J.D. Kramer
    Make Up
  • Andrea Rojas
    Assistant Camera
  • Alejandro Crux
    Production Assistant
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 6 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 9, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Juan Mejia, Juan Castaneda

Human Pictures is a production company born out of our frustration with the mounting injustice we see all around us and our belief in the potential of humanity to face up to it and confront it.

For over 10 years, we have been dedicated to the creation of progressive media; films, documentaries and advocacy campaigns that promote personal and collective transformation. Our award winning work has been broadcast nationally and internationally.

Human Pictures seeks to move beyond the traditional role of a production company and establishes itself as a multimedia movement for social transformation.

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Director Statement

The systematic and state sanctioned disenfranchisement of people with criminal records creates second-class citizens, as people are stripped of their right to vote and their chance to challenge oppressive policies. Being excluded from access to public housing, educational loans and jobs makes bettering their lives an unattainable American Dream. Left with few alternatives, recidivism becomes the path of least resistance.

Human Pictures sees the war that is being waged on communities of color through an oppressive and profit driven apparatus of the prison industrial complex as the most pressing human rights crisis that the US is facing.