ABOUT THE PROJECT

LOGLINE
Magic happens when unhoused people move into “forever homes” where their hopes and dreams can flourish. It’s about the courage it takes and the support partners that make it possible.

SYNOPSIS
Homeless encampments and unhoused people are everywhere. While we may “see” these people, we don’t truly recognize them as part of our community. We avert our gaze, avoid eye contact, and rarely, if ever look into their hearts. In 2022, 30% of the U.S. homeless population lived in California. Our project focuses on Los Angeles, where providing permanent homes for its unhoused residents is urgent. FROM HOPE TO HOME will take audiences beyond the stereotypes commonly associated with “the plight of the homeless. The film will be raw, honest, and real, with moments of joy as well as times of hardship, and even failure.

Through film and photography, the creative team will follow and document individuals in three key groups: veterans, families, and young adults, including those who have aged out of foster care. This film will tell their stories through a combination of interviews and verité filming. FROM HOPE TO HOME will bear witness to their respective journeys as they transition from being unhoused to moving into homes, to truly feeling at home in places they call their own.

Still photographs will be taken during the filming process. These images and interview excerpts will become a key part of the FROM HOPE TO HOME narrative. As a collection, they will serve as a key element of our impact campaign. From those individuals we initially interview, we will continue filming up to 6 of them, following their lives over a number of months as their stories unfold.

The film will also document two additional storylines:

• Their physical living spaces, as they become real homes that reflect the individuals who live in them.
• Their support partners, including those unsung heroes in the public and private sectors, who are working to end homelessness.

PROJECT TYPE Documentary Feature

DIRECTOR Christine Leuthold
PRODUCER Steven Ullman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER J. Todd Harris
Director of Photography Timmy Vatterott
EDITOR Timmy Vatterott

WEBSITE fromhopetohomefilm.com

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