Newsies (1992)

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer’s hard-ball tactics.

• 19th century
• boy singer
• brawl
• child empowerment
• juvenile crime
• juvenile detention center
• musical
• name change
• newsboy
• slingshot