cuban rapper leo mendez is yes now the man serving a sentence for drug crimes. asked him to compose a soundtrack for his new film the convicted film director and then off doesn't care much about whether anybody outside meets his films he hopes that his films help leo and other young men learn new skills when they are released the director's wish is that they realize they are stronger while things in this life than drugs. have sort of a yearning for the day when i'm released on parole and the last train where there are still three years two months to go i thought i was well you know i want to return home so very much. the rest is russia so i work hard and try to be on my best behavior here on which it says it all world come to think of it the two years are spent in the scholarly have taught me to manage my time properly in our choices but i've also been learning new skills from the other inmates the soldiers the people here know how to teach them. from my son he's a successful teaching and one day i told my wife and i know what they do know seeing the outside of