
The justice system in the United States of America is supposed to operate as you are deemed innocent until proven guilty. But "When They See Us" shows what happens for Black people is they are deemed guilty until proven innocent.
The beating heart of this film is the relationship between Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse.
The film basically says she was a lost cause from the start. We don't get a sense of who Marilyn was.
Friendships are tested when two girls have a crush on the popular boy at school.
She is being made to justify why she doesn’t believe he’s a feminist, instead of him having to justify his choice to claim he is one.