It Was a Wonderful Life

Women on the streets: just how to they make it by? "It Was a Wonderful Life" (1993) is an award-winning documentary addresses that important question. Directed by Michele Ohayon and narrated by Jodie Foster, the film is told from the point of view of sixwomen who wound up living on the streets. As they desperately to get through each day, they cannot help but remember their earlier lives, before divorce or job loss pushed them into a place they never expected to be - living without a roof over their heads, homeless and fighting for their lives.