Streetwise

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bell, Martín, film director.

The Criterion Collection (Firm), Distributor.

Kanopy (Firm)., Distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Documentary films.

Social sciences.

Genre:

Documentary films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Place of Publication:

The Criterion Collection 1984

[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2022

System Details:

digital

video file MPEG-4 Flash

Summary:

Seattle, 1983. Taking their camera to the streets of what was supposedly America's most livable city, filmmaker Martin Bell, photographer Mary Ellen Mark, and journalist Cheryl McCall set out to tell the stories of those society had left behind: homeless and runaway teenagers living on the city's margins. Born from a "Life" magazine exposé by Mark and McCall, STREETWISE follows an unforgettable group of at-risk children-including iron-willed fourteen-year-old Tiny, who would become the project's most haunting and enduring figure, along with the pugnacious yet resourceful Rat and the affable drifter Dewayne-who, driven from their broken homes, survive by hustling, panhandling, and dumpster diving. Granted remarkable access to their world, the filmmakers craft a devastatingly frank, empathetic portrait of lost youth growing up far too soon in a world that has failed them

Notes:

Vendor supplied data

Film

In Process Record

Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1984

OCLC:

1303727820

Publisher Number:

12814095 Kanopy

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license