Waiting for Barcelona

America; I Too

Three arrested and detained undocumented immigrants must navigate the system to fight impending deportation.

2017

Uncomfortably Comfortable

In the spring of 2018, the filmmaker Maria Petschnig befriended Marc who at that time was living in his car in Brooklyn for more than a year, while al

2021

Dark Days

A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.

2000

Shado'man

In Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, a group of friends lives on the streets. They call themselves the Freetown Streetboys, even though there are

2013

Beat Goes On

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 Coal

2019

The Fight for the Soul of Portland

As Rose City grapples with continued vandalism and homelessness, businesses are hurting and boarded up amid a global pandemic. What can be done to bri

2021

Cinema Morocco

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, i

2021

There But For the Grace of God...

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 J

2016

Human Garbage

A look at the homeless problem in Manchester

2016

Art From the Streets

Award winning feature documentary about an art program for homeless people.

2006

49 Up

49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the

2006

Unconventional: Living Life to the Max

Max Ramsey, an advocate for those experiencing poverty, uses what he has gone through to serve the impoverished community of Milwaukee despite interna

2022

Do Lado de Fora

20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup

Documentary tells the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful a

2003

Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son

Now a successful filmmaker, Lorna Tucker was once a teenage runaway sleeping rough on the streets of London. For this frank, forceful and inspiring do

2024

No Address

This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to Montreal searching for jobs and a better life. Of

1988

Community First, A Home for the Homeless

Community First! Village is designed to lift the chronically homeless off the streets of the Austin, TX, offering them a place to call home, helping t

2019

Mom and Me

Mom and Me is a personal and intimate documentary about a young filmmaker coming of age in extraordinary circumstances. It follows the complicated rel

2015

Undocumented in the Pandemic

With The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her husband de

2020

Lost and Found

An inspiring documentary about overcoming homelessness and addiction in the City of Los Angeles.

2022