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CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS Reviews + Tickets to April 7th Screening!!
- POORMAG
- 4 minutes ago
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Get your tickets to April 7th screening at Artist Television Access (ATA) in Yelamu here! Limited tickets available!
Film Reviews
Black Repertory Theater screening:
"See this film. See this film however you can. Crushing Wheelchairs, with an original screenplay written by houseless poet and povertyskola tiny gray-garcia, adapted from her award winning play of the same name focuses on the violence of houselessness, city and state sponsored sweeps, and poLice terror. The movie includes an all houseless/formerly houseless cast whose motto is: “We aren’t acting, we are living.” It was shot primarily in houseless communities (encampments) and on the streets in Oakland and San Francisco." Juliet Lee
"Honored tonight to be in the traditional lands of Huichuin, aka Berkeley at the Black Repertory Theater for the showing of this powerful film "Crushing Wheelchairs" as it takes us through the violence of homelessness & poverty in the U.S. Thank you Poor Magazine & the Homefulness Family who were the actors in this beautiful film.. #LandBack #EndStateViolence #FuckICE #StopTheSweeps Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ♥️" Kim de Ocampo
"Everyone should see this movie. I have seen low budget movies that were created by folks with good intentions and a camera. They're not always the best films. Recently my folks from the housing collective formed by formerly unhoused people called, Homefulness aka Poor Magazine, created a film. I actually appear in the movie. I saw it for the first time last night. When the lights went off in the theater, I was floored!!! The story was riveting. The characters performed like professionals. The film was professionally made. There were moments when I couldn’t breathe! It should be on a streaming service. I would urge anyone involved in creating public policy around homelessness and any faith community, social service or social justice worker to see this movie. If you want to see what happens when people lose their housing see this movie. If you want to know the story behind the face of that person in a tent under the freeway underpass, see this movie. I wish that it could be shown at Oakland City Hall. If presented with the opportunity, see this film!" Harry Louis Williams
Tovaangar aka LA screening:
Dennis review
Anthony Review
Matt Solomon Review
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