Showbiz Kids (HBO Documentary)

(2020)

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Synopsis

From director Alex Winter comes an eye-opening HBO Documentary Film that offers an unvarnished look at the high risk, high reward business of working as a child actor in the entertainment industry. Through film footage, behind-the-scenes clips and rare audition tapes, Showbiz Kids chronicles the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child. Those who know the industry best, including several successful child actors – Evan Rachel Wood (HBO’s Westworld), Cameron Boyce (HBO’s Mrs. Fletcher), Jada Pinkett Smith (Girls Trip), among others – as well as two aspiring hopefuls, unpack their own complicated experiences in this feature documentary as they reconcile the hardships they’ve faced and sacrifices they’ve made on their way to finding success in show business.

Cast

Evan Rachel Wood, Milla Jovovich, Cameron Boyce, Henry Thomas, Mara Wilson