ART HOUSE THEATER DAY: STREETWISE

9/18, 9/28 and 10/6
STREETWISE
Seattle, 1983. Taking their camera to the streets, 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 face, 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, nonjudgmental portrait of lost youth growing up far too soon in a world that has failed them.
Dir: Martin Bell / 1984 / US / 91 min

“Streetwise is surprising for the frankness of the material it contains. How did the filmmakers get these people to say these things, to allow the cameras into their lives?.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

SCREENING: WED 9/18 7:00PM; SAT 9/28 9:00PM; SUN 10/6 2:30PM
Tickets available at the box office 1/2 hour before showtimes.