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There is nothing remotely glam about this music video: Devilish Folk shines an unflinching and haunting look inside the world of local squeegee kids.

The Damn Truth, one of Montreal’s premier indie rock bands, provides its music and lyrics, while the jarring visuals are the creation of street photographer/filmmaker Mikaël Theimer, who was afforded rare, open access to the squeegee kids.

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What viewers will witness is a warts-and-all account of homeless street kids, either trying to turn their lives around or simply being unable to overcome their many demons.

Sadly, there is tragedy as one of the subjects, the affable Jake Czornobaj, so desperate to get clean, dies of a drug overdose. His best friend, Brendan Hennegan, however, has managed to make a break from that world, having kicked his drug habit and found a job and some stability.

Theimer and The Damn Truth decided to release the video in the hope that viewers would be moved enough to make donations to Dans la rue, the charitable organization whose mission it is to get homeless kids off the street.