Exactly as depressing as you’d expect a documentary about kids living on the street in Seattle to be. From the opening with a 14 year old talking about how much she makes on “dates” and discussing her sexually transmitted infections with a doctor at a teen clinic, to the ending where some kids are in jail and one is dead from suicide, the film is endlessly bleak. The closest thing to a happy ending in the film for any of the kids is when one of them hops a train and leaves.
Retro Movie Adventures: Streetwise (1984)
This one was hard to watch, but very much worth watching.