Streetwise

Director: Bruce Brown
Studio: Maverick
Product Type: DVD

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Excellent
MUCH MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT I EXPECTED IT TO BE

Streetwise
Director: Bruce Brown
Manufacturer: Maverick
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ASIN: B00008G98J
Release Date: 2003-03-11

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Excellent.......2004-07-12

I enjoyed this film. I know several of the actors. I knew all the areas filmed in the movie. It was refreshing to see this and remember growing up in the scenes. Producer: excellent job. Please do more. Our urban children need to see more movies from their neighborhoods.

MUCH MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT I EXPECTED IT TO BE.......2003-11-05

TWO BROTHERS AND A CLOSE FRIEND ARE DRUG DEALERS IN WASHINGTON D.C. WHEN THEY PLAN TO TAKE OVER A DRUG KINGPIN'S NEIGHBORHOOD, A VIOLENT STREET WAR ESCALATES. MUCH MUCH BETTER THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER HOOD MOVIES THAT WAS RELEASED IN RECENT YEARS. THE ACTING AIN'T TOO BAD AND THE PLOT AIN'T TOO BAD EITHER. I ONLY PAID $7.00 FOR THIS FILM AT CIRCUIT CITY AND I MUST SAY, THIS WASN'T REALLY A WASTE OF MONEY COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER HOOD MOVIES I'VE BOUGHT. IF YOU'RE IN THE MOOD FOR A NO HOLDS BARRED GANGSTA MOVIE THAT'S ENTERTAINING, THEN CHECK THIS ONE OUT NOW.

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Streetwise
Starring: Streetwise
Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse
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ASIN: B0000950YG
Release Date: 2003-05-20

Streetwise Vol. 1 Issue #2 System Of A Down etc.

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Streetwise Vol. 1 Issue #2 System Of A Down etc.

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Very Rare / Out of print DVD Magazine from FYE and Streetwise Concepts & Culture, 2003. This DVD comes in a slim paper cover booklet that measures 5" x 7-1/2". Features rare Video interviews and live backstage footage. Issue #1 Volume #2 contains 28 original Videos from Queens of the Stone Age,Tap Root,Snapcase,Kottonmouth Kings,Linkin Park,Dragpipe,Catheters and many more. It also contains several different backstage video segments with Henry Rollins,Serj Tankian, Rise above and others. You get rare System of a Down and Serj footage as well as interview stuff from Serge Tankian and company about his Serjikal Label. Rare interview stuff. Also you receive 14 audio tracks from the likes of Pulse Ultra, Shortie,Sworn Enemy and more. Sneak Peak at OP (King of Skate). WE ARE NOT SURE OF THE REGION CODE ON THIS DVD SINCE IT IS NOT LISTED ON THE MAGAZINE> WE DO KNOW IT WORKS IN THE US AND CANADA.

Streetwise Vol. 1 Issue #1 System Of A Down etc.

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Streetwise Vol. 1 Issue #1 System Of A Down etc.

Manufacturer: StreetWise Concepts & Culture
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Very Rare / Out of print DVD Magazine from FYE and Streetwise Concepts & Culture, 2002. This DVD comes in a slim paper cover booklet that measures 5" x 7-1/2". Features rare Video interviews and live backstage footage. Issue #1 Volume #1 contains 28 original Videos from Hatebreed,Rob Zombie,Drowning Pool, Apex Theory,Weezer,Tenacious D, Shortie,3rd Strike and many more. It also contains 9 different backstage video segments with Bad Religion,Snot,Poison the Well,Glassjaw and others. You get rare System of a Down Benefit footage as well as interview stuff from Serge Tankian and company. Rare Marilyn Manson, and Drowning Pool interview stuff. Also you receive 13 audio tracks from the likes of Blank Theory,Tenfold,Shortie and more.THERE IS NO REGION LISTED ON THIS DVD BUT WE THINK IT IS REGION 1 SINCE IT WORKS IN THE USA. IT MAY BE UNIVERSAL BUT WE HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION OF THE REGION CODE.

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Street Credit: King of the Bluegrass
Starring: Stook; J Gill; Lavish Records; Kid White; Lil Daddy-O; hurricane; Bukshot; Big Dre; KD; Mac D; Lar B; Quick Trigga; Wildstyle Ent; B Simm; T Razor; J Nutty; Streetwise; Sin One; L.I.P.S.; Smurda; Young Bell; Infinite Faction; Native; Ms. P; Dirty Money
Director: Anthony L. Johnson
Manufacturer: Qiwi Entertainment
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ASIN: B000FQJ6TU
Release Date: 2006-05-05

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"She`s 13 Going On 21".....
EVERYTHING LARRY CLARK's "kids" tried and failed to be...
Easily The Best Documentary Ever Made
Streetwise still has solemn impact on us twenty years later...
For The Love Of Mankind, Put This Out On DVD!!

Streetwise
Starring: Roberta Joseph Hayes , Shadow (II) , Munchkin , Lillie , and Kim
Director: Martin Bell
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"She`s 13 Going On 21"............2006-07-15

Streetwise is a very sad documentary about the lives of
several runaways living on the streets of Seattle,Washington.
The film was made by Martin Bell,Mary Ellen Mark,and Cheryl Mccall.It was based straight from the Life magazine article
called "Streets Of The Lost".
Almost every reviewer of this documentary asks what became of
these kids.The answer is often quite grim.....
1)Dewayne Pomeroy hanged himself in July,1984,the day before his 17th birthday.Some of the street kids held a balloon release
and planted a tree in Freeway Park in his memory.
2)Lou Ellen Couch was stabbed by a man at an arcade on 1st and
Pike street during a fight in December,1985.Her last words
were,"Tell Martin and Mary Ellen Lulu died".....Some 319 people
attended her funeral.
Two floor plaques at the Pike Place Market bear the names of Dewayne and Lulu.
3)Roberta Joseph Hayes fell victim to the Green River killer
in 1987.She was last seen leaving a Portland jail.Her remains
were discovered near highway 410 around Enumclaw,Oregon in 1991.
4)Patti died of aids.
5)Munchkin has been working as a chef in Seattle for over 15
years now.
6)Ratt had been incarcerated in prison for a while,and was last
reported to be driving a truck at night for a living.
7)Shadow was last reported to be doing construction work.
8)Kimberly is married to a navy man.
9)Erin Blackwell now has 9 children.Two of her daughters live
with relatives.Her son,Daylon,lives on his own.Erin and her husband were reportedly planning to move to North Carolina.Mary
Ellen Mark still keeps in contact with Erin.

EVERYTHING LARRY CLARK's "kids" tried and failed to be..........2006-03-10

Directed by Martin Bell,who directed his first feature film in 1990,the under-appreciated "American Heart", this 1985 academy award nominee is perhaps one the truly finest documentaries ever made. Inspired by a photo-essay for LIFE by Bell's wife,the brilliant photographer Mary Ellen Mark, "Streetwise" documents the daily lives of a group of throwaway kids who survive on the streets of Seattle through indomitable will to survive; there is,however,one casuality in the film - a teenage boy who committs suicide after viewing rushes of himself visiting his father in prison. His funeral becomes a point of transition in the film,which thereafter encourages the kids to react directly to the camera - not dramatising themselves,but acknowledging it's presence and the fact that the camera is now an active element in their lives,having it's own effect on their social environment. A very strange and disturbing film,oddly reminiscent of Paul Morrissey's "Trash" only in this case completely real. Since nobody pretends the camera isn't there - they frequently talk to it - it is questionable if "Streetwise" is really a documentary in the first place - or something else,a new kind of film that is totally sui generis - certainly no one has ever done anything even remotely comparable. This is one of the most unique films ever made. It could have been the start of a whole new way of making films,but Bell's later work is more along conventional fictional-narrative lines - although still quite good. But with "Streetwise" one ends up wondering which is better - the form or the content. In this case,both are of equal importance. These are real kids - not actors. They've just learned to adapt and accept the camera,the same way they've survived by adapting to and accepting a horrifyingly abnormal condition in life. It's nothing like "Kids",that's for sure. This is probably one of the best films ever made.

Easily The Best Documentary Ever Made.......2005-11-24

"Streetwise" is easily the best documentary ever made. It also ranks among the finest motion pictures of all time which makes it all the more astonishing that it has never been released on DVD. I have an old VHS copy that I taped many years ago off of cable TV and I drag it out now and again when I want to watch something incredible and compelling. "Streetwise" perfectly captures a moment and place in time--namely downtown Seattle in the early 1980s. It is a haunting and transcendent film that makes you wonder whatever became of most of these kids. I highly recommend "Streetwise" and I urge whomever is holding up the release of this film on DVD to get off their butts, settle the issues, and get this film out on DVD. There is still time, albeit not much, for a 20th anniversary release!

Streetwise still has solemn impact on us twenty years later..........2005-10-11

America witnessed the plight of the Streetwise kids in 1985,
when the film hit the U.S. box office under warm reviews from
numerous critics.
The documentary takes the viewer into the tragic lives of several runaways living on Pike Street in downtown Seattle.We
are introduced to Patty and Munchkin,Erin,Lulu,Dewayne,Ratt,Shadow,Shelly,among others.The kids exemplify the league of thousands of runaways across our
nation.The film brings to light a corner of society that most of the public choose to ignore,but a runaway could be anyone`s
child...They come from broken homes,victims of divorce and often
even violence.They live in a sad world of uncertainty,searching
for love and happiness in a place that offers neither...some of these children end up dying on the streets,as well...
On December 12,1985,Lulu Couch,met with tragedy.While coming to
the defense of a friend,she was stabbed by a man.She died soon
afterward.According to CNN news,around 319 people turned out for
her memorial service.
In 1990,I received a letter from Jerry Esterly,a social worker
who is featured in the documentary.He expressed his concerns for
the increasing population of runaways in Seattle..."the situation is still the same here,too many in need and little response from the government...the film-makers have been great
with the Streetwise kids.They keep in touch regularly and are
there whenever needed.They have become the most significant
people in some of the kid's lives....."
Jeffrey Bryan
White Oak,NC

For The Love Of Mankind, Put This Out On DVD!!.......2005-07-17

I originally saw this movie when it was released and shown at "arthouse" theatres, back in the day, and never forgot it. Recently, I obtained a used copy off e*B*a*y, and have watched it several times. THIS is what the film "Times Square" tried to capture. THIS is what every sick hollywood director succumbing to "directing" scripted so-called "reality shows" only wish they could recreate. This is true reality and it still goes on today- look around you: there will always be throw-away kids. America doesn't really give a damn about the poor. Ask President Bush. He'll tell you- give them soup for breakfast and it'll all be fine. What a shame. I, like a another reviewer wondered, where are those kids today? Did any make it alive to see their adulthood? The only one I ever heard an update on was Tiny. Nightline did an update on her life/situation (about 1992-93?), and as you may have guessed.... she was interviewed living in a sleazy motel room with a baby... fighting with some loser she desperately wanted to keep as her man. Kinda figured that, huh? I recommend you get this on video until it is released on dvd, if ever. And while you're searching for it, get your hands on the video trilogy "The Decline Of Western Civilization (1981), "The Decline Of Western Civilization II (1988): L.A. Metal Scene", and "The Decline Of Western Civilization III (1999): The Hollywood Homeless". These are more than just time capsules of our lives, they are reality shows unscripted for those of us who want to see the truth.

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