A Different Take On Homelessness

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dotca

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 2:23	Quote
A hour long documentary. Well worth the watch. All filmed in North Vancouver. Shows a whole new side of homelessness and there is shopping cart racing!

almostwise

Mod

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 2:58	Quote
I'll check it out this evening...it's an issue close to my heart...I was homeless (rough sleeping) for 6 months when my daughter was about 18months old. Met a lot of great (and not so) great people along the way. It was about the most hopeless and difficult period of my life so far, and I wouldn't change it for the world.

radek

Mod O+

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 3:45	Quote
Just finished watching it. Couldn't turn it off. Nice find man!

chads

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 6:37	Quote
Man, that was a great video. I actually wonder how old Fergie is doing. He was getting pretty rough near the end. Very interesting to see life from teir side. It really makes you think things over.

cdavis

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 9:45	Quote
That was a really good video man. A lot of their morals are pretty in sync with Buddhism; not caring about material possessions, being generous to everyone. Nice find DOTKAH!

larock

O+

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 11:33	Quote
OMG I've been trying to find this movie for such a long time! Awesome find! I'll let you know what I think when I'm done watching!

almostwise

Mod

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 11:35	Quote
What a beautiful film. Huge thank you for finding it Dotca.

lettusdude

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 13:45	Quote
That's a great film. I always enjoy documentaries. This film just re-enforces what I already know...That alot of homeless people are really kind, down to earth people. Thanks for posting this.

dotca

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 14:24	Quote
Yeah, and the extreme cart racing! That was gnarly stuff.

samnation

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Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 14:59

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dotca wrote:

Yeah, and the extreme cart racing! That was gnarly stuff.

The best part of this whole thing is seeing these guys make the best of possibly one of the worst situations in the world.

freeridemassacre19

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 17:14	Quote
Wow, such an eye opening film. I really have respect for those guys. If everyone could see the world like they do it would be a much better place. And that cart racing, that would take some big balls, I know I wouldn't go down a hill at 70k on the back of a shopping cart with no brakes.

seizureboy

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 19:16	Quote
This was definitely a good watch. Anymore gems?

almostwise

Mod

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 22:48

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seizureboy wrote:

This was definitely a good watch. Anymore gems?

Robert Newmans History of Oil, The Yes Men, A Class Divided, and I Know I'm Not Alone are all great, uplifting and informative. I could recommend dozens, but many are a bit heavy (The War on Democracy, Orwell Rolls in His Grave etc). I'll dig out the links if you want, don't wanna hijack the thread though. Again, many thanks for Carts of Darkness Dotca

StevoFS

Posted: Feb 8, 2009 at 23:38	Quote
4 mins into it and got to say this is awesome....I couldn't help but laugh at the guy that crashed the cart into the car though lmao bottles and cans everywhere.

demz

Posted: Feb 9, 2009 at 1:29	Quote
good video... enjoyed it and going to download it onto my machine for the future. thanks Ryan for sharing.

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