| Description |
1 videodisc (89, 53 min.): sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
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DVD NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD format, NTSC, region 1. |
| Language |
In English, with optional English SDH subtitles; Closed captioned. |
| Performer |
Roque Sanchez, Angeline "Kasey" White, Anthony Lynch. |
| Credits |
Edited by Leslie Simmer ; cinematography by Anne de Mare, Kirsten Kelly ; original music by Greg Kalember ; sound design & mix, Mike Frank ; color, Jim Morrissette ; funding provided by Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). |
| Note |
Disc includes both 89 min. theatrical version and 53 min. broadcast version. |
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Special features: 15-minute educational reel focusing on the public schools; deleted scenes. |
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Originally produced in 2014. |
| Summary |
"The Homestretch follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. Each of these smart, ambitious teenagers - Roque, Kasey and Anthony - will surprise, inspire, and challenge audiences to rethink stereotypes of homelessness as they work to complete their education while facing the trauma of being alone and abandoned at an early age. Through haunting images, intimate scenes, and first-person narratives, these teens take us on their journeys of struggle and triumph. As their stories unfold, the film connects us deeply with larger issues of poverty, race, juvenile justice, immigration, foster care, and LGBTQ rights. With unprecedented access into the Chicago Public Schools, The Night Ministry's Crib emergency youth shelter and Teen Living Programs' Belfort House, The Homestretch follows these kids as they move through the milestones of high school while navigating a landscape of couch hopping, emergency shelters, transitional homes, street families and a school system on the front lines of this crisis. A powerful, original perspective on what it means to be young, homeless and building a future in America today"--Container. |
| Subject |
Homeless teenagers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Videodiscs.
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Homeless students -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Videodiscs.
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Sexual minorities -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
De Mare, Anne, film director, film producer, screenwriter, director of photography.
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Kelly, Kirsten, film director, film producer, screenwriter, director of photography.
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Simmer, Leslie, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.
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Taber, Katie, film producer.
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Kalember, Greg, composer (expressin)
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Frank, Mike, musical director.
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Spargel Productions (Firm), presenter, production company.
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Kartemquin Films, presenter, production company.
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Independent Television Service, presenter, production company.
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Chicken & Egg Pictures (Firm), production company.
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Bullfrog Films, publisher.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting, sponsoring body.
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| ISBN |
1941545203 |
| Standard No. |
194154520320 |
| Music No. |
K1501 KTQ Films |
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