Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Martin Bell directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
• 3Released 10 years ago.
• 4Part of the "Streetwise Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 6IMDB entry: tt3505094 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

86 min · 1h 26m

Status

Released

Budget

$85

Original language

EN

IMDB

Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell (2016) ↗

Part of

Streetwise Collection

Martin Bell’s documentary series beginning with Streetwise.

• 
  Streetwise

  1984
• 
  Tiny at 20

  1993
• 
  Erin

  2005
• 
  Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell

  2016 · this one
• 
  Streetwise Revisited: Rat

  2021

Also by

Martin Bell

• 
  The Very Best of Sheryl Crow: The Videos

  2004 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Streetwise

  1984 · ★ 7.7
• 
  Marillion: Recital of the Script

  1983 · ★ 6.9
• 
  American Heart

  1992 · ★ 6.4
• 
  Tiny at 20

  1993 · ★ 6.0
• 
  Erin

  2005 · ★ 6.0

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  TINY: The Life of Erin Blackwell - Official Trailer

  Trailer

Production companies

Who made it

• FA

  Falkland Road

Key crew

• ProducerMary Ellen Mark

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• drug abuse
• seattle, washington
• parenthood
• prostitution

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2016-05-29