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    S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic

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    Poster of the movie S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic
    2001     Documentary    
    Canada
    1h 20min
    13+

    Roach has been living on the streets since age 14, he's rebellious, loud and defiant. As part of S.P.I.T., Roach has been given a camera to document his world. The footage he gets is urgent, because there's a war against squeegee kids. The RoachCAM is positioned behind enemy lines: living in derelict buildings, squeegeeing for money, being hunted by police. The viewer is forced to look at the living reality of Roach and his friends: Hungry on the streets in one of the world's most prosperous countries, classified as thugs, criminals, and enemies. These kids refuse to obey, assimilate, and conform to society's values - their beliefs and realities are scarred into their flesh in the form of piercings, tattoos, track marks, bruised veins, rotting teeth, gangrene, scurvy...

    Directed byDaniel Cross
    Written byDaniel Cross

    Featuring

    Eric Denis

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