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Streetwise (1984)

This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.

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Nicholas H 02 Mar 2009

A forgotten gem of a documentary from the 80s, based on the infamous Life magazine article from 1983. Still as moving and depressing as ever, this went on to win an Oscar upon it's release - deservedly. The story focuses mainly on a 14 year old prostitute named Tiny, whose weathered demeanor and hollowed features becomes an image that sticks with you. Incredibly, she's still alive and well, one of the few survivors out of the nine teenagers featured in the film. Harrowing stuff.

Private U 23 Aug 2008

Photographer Mary Ellen Mark and her filmmaker husband Martin Bell do an amazing job of delving into the lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle in the early 1980s. Mark and Bell had almost unlimited access to their subjects' lives and portray heartbreaking, real-life moments: a 14-year-old prostitute tells a doctor how badly she wants a baby, although she knows the father would be one of her clients; a 16-year-old boy visits his father in prison and hangs his head while his father berates him; another boy tells how he stopped calling his mother to tell her he was alright because he couldn't stand to hear her cry. Both toughness and vulnerability characterize each subject, and their stories of growing up under conditions of abuse and neglect are depressingly similar. This documentary forces viewers to question their perceptions of what "family" means in America, and suggests, without going overboard, that the community these kids find on the streets is more supportive and cohesive than what they had with their parents and siblings.

Yasser A 15 Nov 2010

This is one of the roughest, most heartbreaking movies I have ever seen. The access is amazing: Director Martin Bell is with these kids during so many tough, poetic, beautiful, deadly moments and the frankness of portrayal is almost unbearable. A cinematic pearl of a movie. A masterpiece.

Hernaldo R 28 Nov 2008

sadly The Times of Harvey Milk won the oscar instead of this amazing documentary.

Riff J 08 Nov 2018

A spectacular look inside the lives of street kids. It's about how they live, where they sleep, how they get money, their family situation, etc. The stories are heartbreaking and emotional. The doc is so well done it feels as if the camera isn't even recording, as the kids really show their true self and are not acting for the camera. I pray to god that some of these kids got a life of happiness.