After a failed relationship, a deadbeat man tries to live off the land in a beach town on Long Island.
Fantasy A, autistic Seattle rapper, suffers trials and tribulations from total creeps as he attempts to become a superstar. Along the way he also finds a mattress to sleep on, after being kicked out of his group home.
A hitchhiker makes his way towards the coast.
EDEN deals with what could possible be a future for most people caught up in the current economic climate in Ireland and how we have taken a bite of the financial apple and borrowed beyond our means. We follow Adam who has been left unemployed and homeless throughout one of his days on the streets and the people and situations he finds himself in on a daily basis.
This documentary asks, what is happening to our homes? This is what’s going on all around this country while they’re trying to get everyone to focus on everything else that isn’t this.
An inspiring documentary about overcoming homelessness and addiction in the City of Los Angeles.
A look at the homeless problem in Manchester
Noah had the perfect life – nice car, great job, and a beautiful fiancé. Then, he learns she is cheating at the same time he learns his father is clinging to life in hospice care with cancer. Now hopelessly lost, he befriends a homeless man named Walter and decides to help him restart his life in northern Michigan and loose himself in the trip. Noah hopes that along the way, he will also find himself again. In a world where society is moving incredibly fast, two new friends go on the journey of their lives.
SHELTER IN THE CITY is a documentary about homelessness that focuses on a father’s heartbreaking struggle to get his mentally ill son off the streets of New York City. Nominated for an Emmy award.
A young man has recently become homeless on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland. He meets and befriends an older homeless man who takes him under his wing. A conversation begins between the two that leads to dark revelations.
Djibi and Ange, two teenagers living on the streets, arrive at the Archipel, an emergency shelter in the heart of Paris. This documentary is a look at the Archipel, a shelter offering an innovative way to welcome families living on the streets.
Eine Gruppe jugendlicher Straftäter führt ein gewalttätiges Leben in den berüchtigten Slums von Mexiko-Stadt; unter ihnen der junge Pedro, dessen Moral von den anderen nach und nach korrumpiert und zerstört wird.
How do seven young people, former street children from Romania, get to see the Pacific Ocean? On 1 December 2008, a Romanian national team participates for the first time in the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia. The film follows the team from the formation of the squad to the end of the championship. The young people are from Timisoara and Arad, runaway children who now live in abandoned houses or who have managed to get a job and live in rented accommodation after going through orphanages or prisons. After taking a beating from many teams, the young Romanians manage to beat the USA. They are happy. They are all thinking of never going "home" again. It's warm and nice here, the people are nice. "In case I stay, I kissed you all!" says one of them cautiously. But after taking pictures of themselves on the beach with the ocean behind them and beautiful girls by their side, the seven return to Romania and get on with their lives.
Chronicles the modern-day David and Goliath tale amidst North America's housing crisis. During the pandemic, Khaleel Seivwright, a young Toronto carpenter, builds life-saving shelters for unhoused people facing the winter outside. His actions attracted international acclaim but also staunch opposition from the city government, portraying a compelling narrative set against the backdrop of societal challenges and governmental resistance.
Intimate true stories from St Kilda's Gatwick Private Hotel. Meet the incredible characters including sisters Rose and Yvette who dedicated their lives to caring for the forgotten.
KOMO Anchor Eric Johnson takes an in-depth look at the impact the drug and homelessness problem is having on our city and possible solutions in "Seattle is Dying," a news documentary that aired on KOMO-TV in March, 2019.
For two decades, Cine Marrocos, a movie theatre in the heart of São Paulo, was one of the most popular and opulent of the city. After it was closed, in 1972, it was occupied by a homeless workers' movement. The documentary tells the story of the people who lived there, alternating scenes from an acting class with those of the movies exhibited there in the past.
Thomas Adam hat viel erlebt. Eine Konstante war der Alkohol, der ihn seine Ehe und seinen Job kostete. 16 Jahre lang lebte er in Frankfurt am Main auf der Straße. Nun gibt er alternative Stadtführungen durch die Mainstad, um einen Perspektivwechsel anzuregen und den Blick auf Obdachlose zu ändern.
This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to Montreal searching for jobs and a better life. Often arriving without money, friends or jobs, a number of them quickly become part of the homeless population. Both dislocated from their traditional values and alienated from the rest of the population, they are torn between staying and returning home.