5) S.P.I.T. (Squeegee Punks In Traffic)
a smaller known documentary about life on the street that follows a group of squeegee punks in Montreal as they
try and save their livelihood through trials and tribulations this documentary film was directed and also staired the very teens and the
day-to-day lives in early 200s Montreal.
4) Dark Days
Marc Singer’s documentary follows the lives of homeless people who found shelter in unused underground metro tunnels in
Midtown Manhattan. After relocating to New York, Singer met and befriended a number of the city’s homeless population, who
revealed to him how and where they lived. Intrigued,
the director decided to go and both share and chronicle their lives in an abandoned Amtrack tunnel near Pennsylvania Station.
3) Queen Mimi
A profile of Marie Haist, a formerly homeless
Los Angeles woman who has lived in a laundromat for twenty years and has befriended
celebrities along the way. Zack Galifianakis plays himself in this Bio/Comedy movie.
2)The Pursuit of Happyness
This Hollywood Blockbuster Staring Will & Son Jaden Smith tells the story of Motivational Speaker Chris Gardner who became homeless with his
five-year-old son in San Francisco back in 1981.
1) The Public
This Touting an impressive ensemble cast led by Emilio Estevez (who also directed and wrote the picture), The Public offers an earnest look
at some of the country’s most difficult issues,
tackling the subjects of mental health and homelessness while educating audiences on the topic of social disobedience.
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