Films by Justin Peach

2021, 79 min
by Justin Peach, Lisa Engelbach-Peach

STREET LINE is a close and compassionate portrait about love, drug addiction and poverty that is both shocking and deeply moving. It provides a snapshot of a life's ongoing struggle to survive and the hope that a better future is somehow possible.Sonu grows up without parents on the city streets of Kathmandu and has been addicted to hard drugs since he was eight years old. Now, at age 22, Sonu is trying to leave street life behind, for good and for the sake of his 3-year-old daughter Sona.Sonu i

Germany 2009, 48 min
by Justin Peach

The eleven year old Sonu lives on the streets of Kathmandu. He and his 'pack' fight a daily routine to survive in the chaotic capital of Nepal: always on the prowl for food, drugs, charitable tourists and what they seek most - as small boys do anywhere - is fun and adventure.The life of Sonu and his pack is shaped by hunger and violence but is also filled with childlike moments of freedom on the streets!This film follows ideas of Direct Cinema: no narrator, no music, no staging. We wanted to und