The homestretch / a film by Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly ; produced & directed by Anne de Mare & Kirsten Kelly ; a coproduction of Spargel Productions, Kartemquin Films ; written by Anne de Mare, Kirsten Kelly, Leslie Simmer ; co-producer, Katie Taber ; produced in association with Chicken & Egg Pictures.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

De Mare, Anne, film director, film producer, screenwriter, director of photography.

Kelly, Kirsten, film director, film producer, screenwriter, director of photography.

Simmer, Leslie, screenwriter, film editor.

Taber, Katie, film producer.

Spargel Productions (Firm)

Kartemquin Films.

Chicken & Egg Pictures (Firm)

Bullfrog Films.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homeless teenagers--Illinois--Chicago.

Homeless teenagers.

Homeless students--Illinois--Chicago.

Homeless students.

Sexual minorities.

Illinois--Chicago.

LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (89 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by Bullfrog Films], [2016]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

The Homestretch follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. Each of these smart, ambitious teenagers - Roque, Kasey and Anthony - will surprise, inspire, and challenge audiences to rethink stereotypes of homelessness as they work to complete their education while facing the trauma of being alone and abandoned at an early age. Through haunting images, intimate scenes, and first-person narratives, these teens take us on their journeys of struggle and triumph. As their stories unfold, the film connects us deeply with larger issues of poverty, race, juvenile justice, immigration, foster care, and LGBTQ rights. With unprecedented access into the Chicago Public Schools, The Night Ministry's Crib emergency youth shelter and Teen Living Programs' Belfort House, The Homestretch follows these kids as they move through the milestones of high school while navigating a landscape of couch hopping, emergency shelters, transitional homes, street families and a school system on the front lines of this crisis. A powerful, original perspective on what it means to be young, homeless and building a future in America today.

Participant:

Roque Sanchez, Angeline "Kasey" White, Anthony Lynch.

Credits:

Edited by Leslie Simmer ; cinematography by Anne de Mare, Kirsten Kelly ; original music by Greg Kalember.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Spargel Productions & Kartemquin Films, ©2014.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed February 19, 2016).

Publisher Number:

bf-hstr Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.