Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty

An indelible portrait of three children struggling to survive in the poorest neighborhood of the poorest large city in America

Kensington, Philadelphia, is distinguished only by its poverty. It is home to Ryan, Giancarlos, and Emmanuel, three Puerto Rican children who live among the most marginalized families in the United States. This is the story of their coming-of-age, which is beset by violence-the violence of homelessness, hunger, incarceration, stray bullets, sexual and physical assaul...