The film, inspired by a book proposal for a scientific monograph of the same title, takes the form of an anthropological documentary. It chronicles the lives of street children in Makeyevka, a city in southeastern Ukraine. Divided into four chapters, each segment delves into a distinct aspect of life on the streets.
| Director: |
Andrej Naterer |
| Script: |
Andrej Naterer |
| Camera: |
Andrej Naterer
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| Editing: |
Andrej Naterer, Andraž Fistravec
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| Music: |
Sur, Dweal |
Andrej Naterer is an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor. His primary research focuses on youth, particularly concerning risky lifestyles and social marginalization.
While pursuing studies in sociology and philosophy at the University of Maribor, he began engaging in fieldwork within the domain of social anthropology. Following graduation, he undertook doctoral studies in anthropology at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana, earning his doctorate in 2010. Between 2000 and 2012, he conducted extensive anthropological fieldwork among street children in Ukraine, and in 2003, he carried out a two-month field study of street children in India.
He is the author of the scientific monograph Homeless, Street Children in Makeyevka and the editor of the anthology Subkulture.
