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

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S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic
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DVD Cover of S.P.I.T.
Directed by Daniel Cross
Produced by Daniel Cross
Mila Aung-Thwin
Pascal Maeder
Starring Eric "Roach" Denis
Cinematography Mila Aung-Thwin
Distributed by Atopia, and EyeSteelFilm
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish, and French subtitles

S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic is a Canadian 2001 documentary film by Daniel Cross. The narrative unfolds from the point of view of squeegee kids. [1] [2]

Contents

The main character, "Roach," later on became an EyeSteelFilm documentary director as Eric "Roach" Denis.

Reception

A very positive review in TV guide stated, "not only does the film play an activist role in terms of engendering audience awareness, it also made a concrete difference in the life of one individual who was in critical need of external help - putting it in the rare category of such documentary predecessors as Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's Paradise Lost trilogy and Errol Morris's The Thin Blue Line." [3]

The Canadian website Mediafilm praised the acting and editing. [4]

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References

  1. Hoechsmann, Michael; Low, Bronwen E. (2008). Reading Youth Writing: "new" Literacies, Cultural Studies & Education. Peter Lang. ISBN   978-1-4331-0177-9.
  2. L'Actualité (in French). Maclean-Hunter Limitée. 2004.
  3. "S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  4. "Mediafilm". mediafilm.ca (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-17.