The Street (1996) [N/A]
Release Date:
February 27, 1996
Original Title:
The Street
Alternate Titles:
The Street: A Film with the Homeless
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Necessary Illusions Productions Inc.
ONF | NFB
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 58
Every day, on the streets of Canada's cities, we pass them on our way to work or school. Bums, beggars, winos, bag people we call them. But who is the person at the end of that outstretched arm? What is life on the street really like? Is there a way off the street? For six years, director Daniel Cross followed the lives of three homeless men who spent much of their time in and around a Montreal subway station. Filmed in a cinema verité style, the film is unique: it humanizes the homeless, breaking down the barrier between us and them, neither moralizing nor offering easy answers. This is a gritty, compelling look at life on the streets that moves beyond the media stereotypes to show both the humanity of the homeless and the street-toughened aspects of their existence.
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