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Homeless

Donald Whitehead Jr.

Moderator

date November 7, 2024 | 10:15 - 11:00
place
Urban Cinema
organization
Individual
country
United States of America
Reference: 
UC 18
WUF12

Objectives

HOMELESS aims to:
- Raise awareness and funds to end homelessness. Treating this global issue as an emergency is ethically right and much needed. The profits from the film distribution will be used to house underprivileged families. Furthermore, the film will be a tool to promote conversations about the topic, also through the organizations that are part of this project and the celebrities who got involved. The film will be made available to UN-Habitat for its campaigns and will be screened at film festivals as well as for members of the US House of Representatives.
- Humanize homeless people, as they are human like everyone else. We are all part of the same community, and we should all take care of each other. The film focuses on the “invisible ones” and gives them a voice: It follows the stories, fears, and dreams of homeless people in their journey toward Hope. Audiences around the world need to hear their experiences, sympathize with them, and see them as human beings.
- Promote the WUC and the #HousingMatters Campaign. The film and all its marketing material (poster, trailers, website, press releases, online posts, articles) will feature the WUC and #HousingMatters logos. The UN-Habitat campaigns will also be mentioned at the beginning of the film, in interviews, and at all the international festivals after the premiere at the WUF. We recognize housing as a fundamental need and right. Together, we can make a difference.

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Mr. Valerio Zanoli
Film director and social entrepreneur
National Coalition for the Homeless
Ms. Catrina Grigsby-Thedford
Executive director
Nevada Homeless Alliance
Mr. Christopher Peterson
Legal director
ACLU of Nevada
Mr. Kevin Schiller
County manager
Clark County - Nevada