Children growing up in poverty is the subject of Smashing Kids, 1975. John Pilger meets the Hopwoods, of Liverpool, where hunger has become a way of life during father Harry’s unemployment as his family of five survive on £1 a day. The wallpaper in their council house is torn and there are no clothes in the couple’s wardrobe and no sheets on their bed. The family have never had a holiday and Harry tells Pilger: “It would be easier to serve time than to put up with this.”
Genre: Documentary
Stars: John Pilger
Crew: John Ingram (Producer), John Ingram (Director)
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Runtime: 26 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 14, 1975
IMDb: 10
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