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American Refugees is a gripping and fast-paced portrait of life on the streets. Maintaining the richness and complexity surrounding the issue of homelessness, Wasserman and Clair offer a film that is  equally academic and artistic.  Shot during their four year ethnographic study, the filmmakers cover life on the streets from political conflict to service programs to social justice. Together with their book At Home on the Street, Wasserman and Clair offer new insights into society’s broken relationship with those who are homeless, illustrating that even where social programs are designed to help, they often serve only to replicate the oppression at the heart of homelessness in the first place. Interviews with those living on the street, those staying in shelters, police officers, religious leaders, shelter directors, outreach workers, sociologists, city officials, graffiti artists, and radical local activists give the audience a well-rounded look into a difficult issue, all while maintaining an artistic sensibility.


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7/22/2010


The film premiere was a great success.  We received lots of positive feedback and raised about one thousand dollars for The Firehouse Shelter and the Church of the Reconciler.  Thanks to everyone who came out and to the Speakeasy for letting hosting us.  The film is now being prepared for publication.  It will be available by mail order or digital downloads from iTunes and other popular online media sites.  More details to come as we move forward.







 

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Directed by

Jason Adam Wasserman

Jeffrey Michael Clair


PRODUCED BY

Jeffrey Michael Clair

Jason Adam Wasserman


Short Description

A gripping, fast-paced portrait about those who live on the streets


CAMERA AND EDITING BY

Jason Adam Wasserman


STILL PHOTOGRAPHY BY

Jeffrey Michael Clair


Original Score Written AND PRODUCED By

Patrick Houston


MUSIC ENGINEERED BY

Patrick Houston and Sebastian Hackett


ADDITIONAL Photography

Melissa Springer

Bruce Mackh

Rendy Nicole Wasserman

Trace Taylor

Kevin Wilder

Jeff Not Bombs

 

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