This movie defines what is now called "Reagan-Era". While most of America got rich off of Wall Street, children in Seattle and throughout the country were running away from home to a place called Pike Street. Mary Ellen Mark and Mark Bell's Streetwise tells the tale of Tiny (Erin), Rat, Kim and others with realism because these children tell the story. It is amazing that this movie is not more known. I saw it for the first time on Cinemax about 11 years ago. I read now that Tiny is a mother of 5 and married. Right after the filming she got pregnant, while Kim moved away, Rat leaves Seattle before the film's end. I hope that Mary and Mark can do an updating story on these "little big people" from 20 years ago. It would be interesting to see how that turned out.
Review of Streetwise
