Documentary filmmaker Ted Riley is hot on the trail of the phenomenon that?s sweeping the city of Bakersfield. In the vein of “Robin Hood” a father and his pre-teen sons make a living from stealing from second hand shops and selling the goods at a more reasonable price at various swap meets in their local area.? Petty crooks or men with a mission? Ted Riley seeks that answer as he captures a raw and voyeuristic look into one of Bakersfield’s most notorious crime families.?

Robin Hood stole from the rich to give to the poor. I can?t imagine second-hand shops would be classed as ?rich? establishments (I could be wrong). Why not make it large, wealthy department stores?

Why would they let a documentary filmmaker film them committing a crime? Is the protagonist the family or the filmmaker? I think the story should focus on the family as that?s where the interesting conflict is. If the audience?s link to this story is through the filmmaker, all they?ll ever get is a fly-on-wall point of view rather than actually caring about what the family are doing. Surely the filmmaker just wants to make a good film so you could argue that he doesn?t actually care what happens to the family as long as it?s interesting. There?s definitely a story in there but I think it?s overcomplicated.