54 Dox: Homlessness, Drug abuse and Mental disorders.
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- DirectorMichèle OhayonStarsJodie FosterLou HallReena SandsFeature-length documentary deals with homeless women, once secure in their middle-class status, who through divorce, misfortune, or circumstances were reduced to living on the street.
- DirectorEdet BelzbergStarsCristina IonescuMihai Alexandre TudoseVioleta 'Macarena' RosuA profile of homeless Romanian children who were born victims of the nation's reckless population growth policy during its communist era.
- DirectorKaya RedfordTommy WiseauStarsJonna BarmallJani BeckWilliam J. BrattonA documentary about people who are homeless and those who help them. Don't give the homeless a hand out; give them a hand up.
- DirectorSusan KochJeff WernerStarsColin FarrellBrandon FrancisThe lives of homeless people are changed forever through an international soccer competition. This film follows six players as they set off for Cape Town, South Africa to play in the Homeless World Cup.
- DirectorRenzo MartensDutch artist Renzo Martens spent three years traveling throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo asking the question: "Who owns poverty?"
- DirectorPaul FreedmanStarsMartin SheenAn unsettling acknowledgment that the toll of war extends far beyond the battlefield, intimately told by a handful of American Veterans, their families, and those charged with their care.
- 20101h 40mNot Rated6.5 (182)66MetascoreDirectorBud ClaymanGlenn HolstenScott JohnstonStarsBud ClaymanJeff BellMaurice BenardDirector Bud Clayman documents his struggle with OCD and Asperger's Syndrome and how it derailed his plan to become a filmmaker.
- DirectorZana BriskiRoss KauffmanStarsKochiAvijit HalderShanti DasTwo documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
- DirectorPhilippe DiazStarsMartin SheenAmartya SenJohn PerkinsA phenomenal discourse on why poverty exists when there is so much wealth in the world. A must see for anyone wanting to understand not only the US economic system but the foundations of today's global economy.
- StarsDaniel GilbertDallas MalloyKenneth SiddonsThis 3-part series opens a window into real lives, exploring ways to improve our social relationships, cope with emotional issues, and become more positive, resilient individuals. Each episode weaves together the compelling personal stories of ordinary people and the latest in brain science research, along with revealing comments from celebrities such as Chevy Chase, Larry David, Elizabeth Gilbert, Alanis Morissette, Katie Couric and Richard Gere.Hosted by Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness.
- DirectorVeronica Alice MannixStarsAl ArsenaultToby HintonDave KolbDocumentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Shot on Vancouver's Downtown East Side, the film follows interactions between police officers and drug addicts and documents the extreme poverty and suffering many addicts endure.
- DirectorBen Selkow"A Summer in the Cage" is filmmaker Ben Selkow's feature-length documentary chronicling his friend Sam's battle with manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder. The film follows Sam for seven years as he suffers delusional manic episodes, battles paralyzing depressions, and tries to escape the legacy of his bipolar father who committed suicide when Sam was eight years old. By showing the difficult emotional impact of being bipolar on Sam, his family, all those who care about him and the filmmaker, "A Summer in the Cage" hopes to put a human face on an illness that affects millions of American families. But as this dramatic story unfolds and heads to an explosive standoff, it also becomes a unique tale about friendship and the ethical responsibilities of a documentary filmmaker.
- DirectorBill LichtensteinJune PeoplesStarsFitzroy FredericksTex GordonFrances OliveroWEST 47th STREET is a feature-length theatrical documentary film. It follows the lives of four people with serious mental illness, over three years. The film provides an unprecedented window on the lives of people who are often feared and ignored, seldom understood. Co-producers Bill Lichtenstein and June Peoples enjoyed an extraordinary degree of access to their lives, and shot more than 350 hours of tape: off and on the street, in and out of hospitals and homeless shelters, healthy -- and psychotic. The resulting stories, both warm and dramatic, are about people who approach tremendous obstacles with humor, optimism and grace.
- DirectorPenny WoolcockDocumentary about a hostel for homeless alcoholics in East London, so-called 'wet houses' because they allow drinking on the premises.
- DirectorAlex KleiderCorey OgilvieStarsMisha KleiderGregor RobertsonGabor MatéDocumentary about homelessness and drugs in Vancouver Canada.
- DirectorSteven OkazakiStarsTracey HeltonAlice McMunnJessica SnowThis documentary follows the lives of a number of heroin addicts in the U.S.A. It shows their heroin life stories.
- DirectorMurray SipleStarsMurray SipleThis documentary follows a group of homeless men who have combined bottle picking with the extreme sport of racing shopping carts.
- DirectorOlafur SveinssonStarsOlafur SveinssonThe documentary is about Reykjavik's main bus terminal and revolves around the lives of some destitute men who spend most of their time there.
- DirectorKenny HotzSpencer Rice
- DirectorAlain JessuaThe film documents an old drifter in Paris in the poetic realist style.
- DirectorChris LandrethStarsRyan LarkinChris LandrethFelicity FanjoyThe movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.
- DirectorDaniel CrossStarsEric DenisThe narrative unfolds from the point-of-view of a single character named Roach. As part of the filmmaking process, he's been given a camera to document his world. The footage he gets is urgent, because there's a war against squeegee kids. This documentary is from the point of view of the kids themselves, in order to provide alternative voices. Roach's camera is positioned behind "enemy" lines: living in derelict buildings, squeegeeing for money, being hunted by police. The viewer is forced to look at the living reality of Roach and his friends: Hungry on the streets in one of the world's most prosperous countries-considered thugs, criminals, and enemies. This film shatters the windshield between Us and Them. Roach's camera acts as the hammer: hard, forceful, direct; impacting with the force of an actual life. Cross's camera documents the impact: recording the reflections of individual lives, mirrored upon the shards of flying glass.
- DirectorDaniel CrossStarsDanny ClavenJohn ClavenFrank O'MalleyShot over a period of 6 years, the film follows the rare ups and all-too-frequent downs in the lives of three homeless men - John Claven, new to this life, his brother Danny, and their mentor Frank O'Malley - in downtown Montreal, Canada.
- DirectorAlexander NanauStarsIon BarladeanuIon Barladeanu is on his way to becoming an important contemporary artist, but in May 2008 he was still a tramp on the streets of Bucharest.
- DirectorMartin BellStarsAnnieEddieAntoineGritty documentary that looks at the lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle.