Streetwise (1984)
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 91 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Martin Bell
Starst: Erin Blackwell, Dewayne Pomeroy and Roberta Joseph Hayes
IMDb score:
8,2 (3.610)
Releasedate: 7 December 1984
Streetwise plot
"The streets - your only chance for life."
This documentary follows nine young Seattle teenagers who have fallen out of society and lead a nomadic existence through the city's slums. Streetwise gives an unvarnished picture and a penetrating account of the life - and in one case even death - of these desperate young lost souls.
Reviews & comments
booyo
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- 646 messages
- 1682 votes
The only bad part about flying is having to come back down to the fuckin' world.
Striking quote, shows exactly how these teenagers stand in (or actually outside) society. The documentary can be seen in its entirety on YouTube.
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mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
Distressing but fascinating documentary provides a raw picture of daily reality for a number of homeless teenagers in Seattle. Created in response to an extensive article in Life magazine and rightly nominated for an Oscar, especially because the young people are completely authentic come across. Also special is the large number of interviewees who together form a cross-section of society and demonstrate that homelessness is not so much tied to class, but to problematic home situations. An unmissable documentary that is undoubtedly also an important source of inspiration for Penelope Spheeris' The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998)
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scorsese
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- 13237 messages
- 11128 votes
Excellent documentary about a number of teenagers living on the streets. A harrowing document despite the fact that 'the children' manage to cope well and generally appear cheerful (perhaps also because they don't know any better). Depicted raw and without any embellishments.
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