Homelessness
5000 Blankets
HDWhen her husband has a mental breakdown and goes missing, a woman and her young son set out to find him on the streets, sparking a movement that inspires a city.
Street Trash
HDA liquor store owner sells alcoholic beverages to homeless people, unaware of what the bottles actually contain: toxic brew.
Stuart: A Life Backwards
HDA writer takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend, Stuart, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic childhood event.
Touching Home
HDThe true story about a father struggling to make amends with his twin sons as they pursue their dreams of professional baseball.
The Soloist
HDA newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation.
Between Us
HDNewly-arrived to New York City and deserted by her husband Gabriel, Mariana must find a way, to financially and emotionally provide for her family in a strange city where she barely speaks the language.
Desert Flower
HDWaris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at 13 when sold as 4th wife. She's maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then McDonald's, where she's discovered and becomes int'l top model. 1997, she speaks up against female genital mu...
Oliver & Company
HDA lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York City.
Life Stinks
HDA filthy rich businessman bets a corporate rival that he can live on the streets of L.A. without the comforts of home or money, which proves to be tougher than he thought.
Curly Sue
HDA homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.
Where the Day Takes You
HDKing is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The leader of a group of runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie Greg.
The Saint of Fort Washington
HDA homeless schizophrenic seeks the help of a streetwise combat veteran as they attempt to overcome cruel life on the streets.
Shelter
HDHannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.
Heaven Knows What
HDA young woman struggles to reconcile her love for her boyfriend and for heroin, as she finds out that suicide is the only way for her boyfriend to forgive her for her misdeed.
Rosie
HDThe story of a mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless.
The Public
HDAn act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
Cardboard Boxer
HDGentle and broken, a homeless man is coerced by two teens to fight other men on video for cash but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
Polina
HDA young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.
Skate Kitchen
HDA teenaged skateboarder makes friends with a bunch of other skateboarding girls in New York City.
Same Kind of Different as Me
HDInternational art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.