Streetwise (1984)

Directed by

Martin Bell

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a group of homeless teenagers living on the streets of Seattle in 1983. It shows their daily struggles to survive and the tough choices they make.

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What happens

Streetwise is a 1984 American documentary film by director Martin Bell chronicling the lives of homeless youth on the streets of Seattle. It followed in the wake of a July 1983 Life magazine article "Streets of the Lost" by writer Cheryl McCall and photographer Mary Ellen Mark (Bell's wife). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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