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Lost angels / an Agi Orsi production ; in association with Krasnoff/Foster Productions ; a Thomas Napper film ; director, Thomas Napper ; producer, Agi Orsi ; co-producer, Cecy Rangel ; co-producers, Tyler Hubby, Christine Triano ; writer, Christine Triano.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homeless persons--California--Los Angeles.
- Homeless persons.
- Homelessness--California--Los Angeles.
- Homelessness.
- Skid row--California--Los Angeles.
- Skid row.
- Mental health services--California--Los Angeles.
- Mental health services.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (76 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Lost angels : Skid Row is my home
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Cinema Libre Studio, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Narrated by Catherine Keener, LOST ANGELS: SKID ROW IS MY HOME takes an uncompromising yet life-affirming look at the lives of eight remarkable individuals -- people who have found a way to make a life for themselves within the community of homelessness. The film shows how their descent into society's basement has been exacerbated by the forces of gentrification and the increasing criminalization of homeless people, while exposing the draconian changes to the mental health care system that have brought us here. With the support of a vast array of advocates, especially the services of Lamp Community, the mission featured in the Jamie Foxx / Robert Downey Jr. film, THE SOLOIST, many residents of Skid Row have found a way to stick together and fight back. Directed by Thomas Napper, LOST ANGELS demonstrates how proactive approaches to homelessness - most specifically that of providing housing - are helping many to recover from mental illness and substance abuse and to find stability. For many, Skid Row is, perhaps improbably, the last place to find refuge and build a life of meaning ... proving that sometimes home is where the help is.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Catherine Keener.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 21, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 1035418366
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