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Homeless : the motel kids of Orange County / HBO Original Programming ; HBO Documentary Films ; directed, produced and filmed by Alexandra Pelosi ; producer, Michiel Vos.

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Language:
English
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Physical Description:
  • 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • polychrome
Other Title:
Motel kids of Orange County
Place of Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2010]
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
  • DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
  • digital
  • optical
  • stereo
  • Dolby 2.0
  • NTSC
  • video file
  • DVD video
  • region 1
Summary:
Many children face the daily despair of homelessness in Orange County, CA, one of the wealthiest regions of the U.S. Living with parents or guardians in low-rent motels, their childhoods are in limbo as their families struggle to survive. This film chronicles one summer in the lives of children of the working poor. These 'motel kids' end up iwth a lifestyle devoid of hope and dreams, mitigated only by their imagination and youthful exuberance.
Credits:
Editor, Phillip Schopper; music, Michael Bacon.
Notes:
"This disc is expected to play back in DVD Video 'play only' devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."--Container.
OCLC:
701722315
Publisher Number:
  • 885444367519
  • 883316452646
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