Beth I love this documentary. It affected me deeply.I made FB group for fans of "Streewise", "Tiny Revisted" and also the up-coming "Streetwise follow-up documentary" is NOW open to the public .. Please go to FB & search "Streewise" to find out group... (we come up first) or contact me here and I can link you.If you cannot find the group- look me up "Beth JaniTholeMyDolly"We have updates, memorial threads for those lost, pictures of the "kids" now, update clips and more. Many of the "kids" from the doc are posting....come join us.We are becoming a very big success. I welcome all fans and people from Streetwise. =)

stealthsurvey1 I first saw this film the night before I left for Navy boot camp October 7th 1986. I watched it 4 times that night and was blown away. I had just turned 18 and had been living on the streets for a year and just returned home. My dad and I watched it together he asked me if I had ever hustled my body for money and I truthfully told him no. (I seen a lot of guys do sick stuff for cash.) This film reminded me of so many people I left behind who are locked up, or dead. There are very interesting scenes, such as the doctor or nurse speaking to Tiny does not try to push condom use, the tattoo artist wears no gloves, and the young man Jimmy who turns tricks is donating Plasma. Wow! Talk about high risk. Since the Navy I have been working the streets of the United States as a bounty Hunter for 15 years. I have been in several documentaries and have been asked to redo a conversation or take another shot on several occasions. It's a fact that when the cameras are around things change to an extent you have to accept that, and if it seems too good to be true remember the magic is in the editing. I have also been told to kick doors and get the fugitives violent. I seen thousands of kids like this and it breaks your heart. I get so sick of seeing 15 year old girls in Camden or Philly nodding off on heroin while they are in the streets tricking. A friend of mine from Turkey told me that the lowest form of life in his country is a pimp. The time I spent on the streets is what made me into a good bounty hunter because I would treat everyone with compassion, respect, and understanding. I don't think for one minute that this was scripted here is some proof. Tiny answers her mother with "Whatever" before it became popular ten years later. All of these kids have been talking street since they said their first words. Except for Kimberly who you could tell came from a better situation. Anyone who comes in daily contact with the streets knows this was for real. Every city of the United States has its own street lingo. Street terms for drugs, sex, cops, snitches and prostitution vary from city to city. If this was scripted the director from the UK would have not known the local slang and dialect. These kids were pure street, they were also masters of street psychology something that cannot be learned through a book, or film class. This has to be one of the best films ever. Why did it not take with the main stream media? Well I will answer this. Timing... America was not ready to face its demons. The Polo shirt wearing execs that controlled the film industry shoving coke up there noses in massive amounts figured that America was more obsessed and better represented by John Hughes suburban brat packers, Family Ties, and Karate Kid than the castaways of the trailer parks and projects. Had this film came out ten or more years later on HBO it would have had inspired a series. The filmmakers new they had something explosive but there was no internet or mass media delivery other than the conventional channels. Simply put before it's time. This was generation X at its youth. Ask your self this..b was Quentin Tarantino influenced by this movie? There is some one named Alabama on the credits! True Romance featured Alabama as call girl from the south. We need to know not through websites but through another documentary exactly where the survivors are and how they are living. Rat, Tina, and LuLu were the most likable. I could care less for the pimps. Watch this then watch celebrity rehab with Dr. Drew. It will make the celebrities look more like the whining babies they actually are. This was the first reality show! Plus I would love to see the outtakes from the first one! A second Streetwise would generate a lot of dough and I'm sure that Erin and her husband with all those kids could use the cash, and Rat probably wouldn't mind extra dough either right. Some one contact the film maker and get this project started.

jkubat Great documentary. I watched it for a film class, and I would have to say the film-making was really quite amazing. I am shocked to see the extent of which these young teens have already experienced in their short lives. Martin does a great job at weaving these different characters lives in such a way as to show life on the streets from their point of view. WOW! I would have to say that this film reminds me of my response to Requiem for a Dream...loved it because it was brutally honest, hated it because the life on the streets is something that one can never change. I love Martin's capturing of typical street life.

zygel I just saw this at a film festival in NY with the director present to answer questions plus the follow up mini movie on tiny and her life now.. yes she has 9 kids not all from different fathers just 3 are. She is married and lives with her husband and children she still smokes like a chimney and made some bad decisions while pregnant(such as doing drugs and drinking). The director told us that most of the kids were killed or died from AIDS and that Roberta Hayes was a victim of the green river killer. He said that rat was driving a truck at night after doing a lot of time in prison. The saddest thing about this was those that did survive went on to live terrible lives and have children who unfortunately followed in their footsteps.