HBO Documentaries

Title: HBO Documentaries

Date: 2010

Media type: Documentary

Format: Complete

TV Season-Episode: Homeless_Kids

Category: Families in Society, Family Life Education Methodology

Keywords: family demographics, learning environments, content development

Rating: NR

Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: This documentary follows the daily lives of many homeless children and how they survive the struggles of poverty. Though the documentarian is aggressive in her questioning style and creates drama by being there in the first place and intrusive, the insights of the children and the resiliency of their families is impressive. Though at times it is painfull to watch it focuses on a serious issue that exists in our society.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: Why do you think poverty becomes a trapping experience? What resilience do you see in the families and children interviewed? What do you think the lack of hope expressed by many of the children do to their development? What systems need to be in place or strengthened to help families in this situation rise out of the poverty they are in instead of just sustaining them at the poverty level?

Contributor: Ian Brunzell-Looney