Movies: Homelessness

Bullied in school, a young pupils life becomes a living hell....

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Waifs, homeless, derelicts, almsmen, others, forgettens, outcasts, unwanteds. The Hotel of Waifs; a temporary resting place far from home, an amusement in a pale fun fair, an enthusiastic trip on roundabout ways of soul....

A penetrating look at homelessness in Seattle, the impact on the city, the homeless and the residents who must deal with the crisis. KOMO News' Eric Johnson spent a year piecing together the story of homelessness in Seattle....

An unhoused man's once-stable life is obliterated by gambling and alcohol addiction. His life takes a profound turn when he forms an unlikely bond with a stray dog....

Whilst saving up for a hotel, a homeless man is robbed and must find a place to sleep....

A look at the homeless problem in Manchester...

Award-winning documentary maker Bryan Bruce investigates New Zealand's housing crisis and what might be done to solve it. Bruce consults with recognised world experts (in Canada, Ireland and Germany) to discuss their global research – this time on f...

Where we come from shapes who we are, and how others see us. Home gives us a sense of belonging and stability. It’s so much more than just a physical structure. It’s our safety, our refuge, our launch pad. Yet, so many people in the U.S. face housing...

The UN estimates street children worldwide at 150 million. In Latin America, they are 40 million. In Brazil, street boys and girls felt so enchanted by a camera that they took it as their own to express themselves and fight the silence....

A wandering homeless man seizes an opportunity....

Meet Lanz Priestley, a charasmatic homeless man, who owns nothing but a phone and a Facebook page. When Lanz discovers taps have run dry in drought-stricken outback Australia, he raises the money to deliver drinking water himself....

32 year old female boxer Steluta Duta tries to buy her own home by winning boxing match after boxing match only to find her life is a continuous loop. As she trains for her European Boxing Cup, Stela revisits the past dramas of being an abandoned, in...

Max Ramsey, an advocate for those experiencing poverty, uses what he has gone through to serve the impoverished community of Milwaukee despite internal struggles and disapproval from the city....

Beat Goes On is an impressionistic portrait of the activist Keith Cylar (1958–2004), co-founder of Housing Works and a central figure in the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) NY. Cylar spoke clearly, frequently and with moral force about the s...

Up to 30,000 youths are homeless in Australia, resorting to drugs, prostitution and crime to stay alive. This underclass of physically and emotionally abused children are the subject of this documentary. The program looks at massive changes in the ho...

In 2023, there were an estimated 30.6 thousand homeless people. This number continues to rise at an alarming rate. One of them is the headstrong Ruurdt. He has difficulty getting help and cannot adapt well to our society. He is now also in danger of ...

Homeless man Robert (Bobby) Webb discovers the art of filmmaking, turning pages of his life into a heartfelt reel. Through his journey he finds hope and new meanings in unexpected aspects of his life as he relives them....

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An Intermission is a portrait of contemporary Britain as seen through the eyes of a group of young people experiencing homelessness. For over a year and a half, they worked collaboratively with artist Edwin Mingard to make a film to express their vie...