Trailer For Alex Winter's Child Actor Documentary SHOWBIZ KIDS
HBO has released the trailer for an upcoming documentary that was directed by Bill and Ted’s Alex Winter titled Showbiz Kids. The movie focuses on what it’s like to be a child actor and explores the complexities of growing up under Hollywood's spotlight. The movie makes sure to show people the hard truths about the entertainment industry.
Here’s the synopsis:
Showbiz Kids offers an unvarnished look at the high risk, high reward business of working as a child actor in the entertainment industry. The film chronicles the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child. Those who know the industry best, including several successful child actors and two aspiring hopefuls, unpack their own complicated experiences as they reconcile the hardships they’ve faced and sacrifices they’ve made on their way to finding success in show business.
It’s explained that “Winter's commitment to creating an honest representation of a complicated industry stems from his own childhood in show business, beginning as a child actor on Broadway at the age of ten." Winter had this to say:
This is a story I've been wanting to tell for many years… Having grown up in the business I've never seen the experiences of a child actor, from their early career through to the transition into adulthood, told from the perspective of those involved. I'm honored that these talented actors trusted me with their very personal stories."
When I was a kid growing up I did a lot of acting. I enjoyed it for the most part, but I also witnessed some crazy dark and weird shit. I ended up getting out of it when I was around 13. Anyway, this looks like an interesting doc worth checking out.
Showbiz Kids is set to premiere on July 14th.