One Year in a Life of Crime
Their livelihood is based on theft, and they are trapped in a miserable existence. This hard-hitting look at men who survive by stealing and struggle with addiction was directed by Jon Alpert, who took his cameras underground for the project. This gritty study, which focuses on a year in the lives of three professional thieves and includes hidden-camera footage of actual thefts, exposes the "petty" crimes that are paralyzing America by focusing on their lives over the course of that year.