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Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son
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Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son

Feb 16, 2024
1h 27m
★ 0.0

One act of kindness can change a life

Overview

Now a successful filmmaker, Lorna Tucker was once a teenage runaway sleeping rough on the streets of London. For this frank, forceful and inspiring documentary, she returns to her former haunts and speaks to current and former homeless people about why, twenty-five years later, record numbers of people are still reduced to living on Britain's streets.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

MBK Productions
Dartmouth Films

Cast

No Cast found.

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