STREETWISE

Streetwise

Streetwise is a 1984 documentary film by director Martin Bell . It followed in the wake of a July 1983 Life magazine article, "Streets of the Lost", by writer Cheryl McCall and photographer Mary Ellen Mark, Bell's wife.

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StreetWise

StreetWise is a street magazine sold by people without homes or those at-risk for homelessness in Chicago. Topics covered depend on what is happening in Chicago at the time. In 2003, it had the largest readership of any street publication in the United States of America. Today, it remains among the largest street newspapers in the nation.

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streetwise

Adjective

  1. Having the necessary knack, personality and instinct for survival in rough, urban environments.
  2. Possessing a style that embodies the life and microculture located within urban settings, typically in the States.
    You could tell from the way he spat old Tupac lyrics, loitering in the corner with his homies, flipping that Yankees cap on his head like he couldn't give a damn that he was streetwise enough to melt Will Smith.


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