The Homestretch
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2014
June 12 - 22, 2014
Q&A with filmmakers Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly.
Three smart, ambitious Chicago teenagers surprise, inspire, and challenge audiences to rethink stereotypes of homelessness as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future.
Q&A with filmmakers Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly.
The Homestretch follows three homeless teens in Chicago 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, the teens take us on their journeys of struggle and triumph. As their stories unfold, the film connects us to larger issues of poverty, race, juvenile justice, immigration, foster care, and LGBT rights. The Homestretch is a powerful, original perspective on what it means to be young, homeless, and building a future in America today.
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