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Wednesday, May 05, 2010

"You can't do anything legally except crime and prostitution."

A short film about Bernard Hare and his book Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew. The book (published in 2005) documents his time spent associating with the 'feral' teenagers of the Leeds under-class.

also posted at Metafilter
Posted by criticalbill at 4:43 pm
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