A documentary about America's homeless population, our perceptions of it, and the devastating effects of the lack of affordable housing on modern society.
21 city Day of Action today representing the one year anniversary of the travesty of the Supreme Court decision allowing criminalization of homelessness despite a lack of housing/shelter!
#HousingJustice#EndHomelessness#HumanRights#CommunityAction
Rotary Club put on a great screening at the West Shore Theatre! Free entry, food donations, a copy of Matthew Desmond's book Evicted, an awesome event!
We're stoked that 3 years into releasing The Invisible Class, we're still having amazing screenings across The US. Keeps us inspired too. Most recently: SF Bay High School, UC Berkeley, and First Casa Esther/First United Methodist Church in Wisconsin.
#affordablehousing
Great screening and group with United Way Fond Du Lac. Special thanks to Marian University Stayer Center for hosting the screening as well! #AffordableHousing#Unhoused
We're excited to be at the National Conference for HIV/AIDS! Great opportunities to learn and share here! Our Director Josh Hayes will be part of a panel about Rentry and Housing as well on Tuesday!
#USCHA2022#documentaryfilm#homecoming
Some of you may have seen the amazing posters and stickers at Laurelhurst Park today.
Big thanks to Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) for always supplying us with beautiful artwork. You can find WRAP's artwork here (which are all fair use!): wraphome.org/organizing/wrap…
ALT Drawing of a tent with two people inside it. Hover over the tent is a giant hand reaching to grab the tent. The poster reads: "If everyone can't afford the rent they shouldn't fucking take our tent." The U and C in the word "fucking" are replaced with drawings of tents. The poster has a red and black background and includes the logos for WRAP and Poster Syndicate.
ALT Black and white poster with a drawing of a skull and two broom behind the skull making an x shape. The skull has "Covid-19" written on it. The rest of the poster reads: "Sweeps can kill" with logos for WRAP and Poster Syndicate.
ALT A drawing of Mr. Rogers. He is sitting cross-legged and has a yellow jacket on with a tie underneath. He is wearing a button with WRAP's "they shouldn't take our tent" artwork. The poster reads: "Won't you be my neighbor? Mr. Rogers wouldn't call the cops." It is on a blue background and includes the logos for WRAP and Poster Syndicate.
ALT Drawing of a tent in the middle of a park. The tent has one of the skull "sweeps kill" posters on it. The tent is sitting next to a golf hole with a flag that has the squatter symbol on it. In the background there are trees, grass, water, and clouds. The poster reads: "Open the parks for our safety. Safe spaces for everyone."
We're excited to be a part of the Japan International Film Festival. It's always humbling to be in the company of so many talented storytellers and
Activists in documentary film.
@JapanFilmFest#homelessness#affordablehousing
The Ashland International Film Fest has kicked off!! Director Josh Hayes was interviewed on the Jefferson Exchange radio about homelessness in America and his featured film The Invisible Class.
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One of the less talked about parts of low budget documentary filmmaking is archival research. Starts off fun, because it's different, & then pretty quickly becomes a massive undertaking. Currently going through this tiny little Fed Gov Act. A comfy 6400 pages!
Had another awesome set of screenings. This time it was for World Day of Social Justice and was hosted by the City of Eugene Oregon's Human Rights Commission. 200 registrants over the week! Great panel at the end!
@cityofeugene
The City of Eugene Human Rights Commission will be screening #TheInvisibleClass for the "World Day of Social Justice" on Feb. 18th. To find out more follow the link below!
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