Skid Row (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Skid Row |
| Original title | Skid Row |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Marshall Tyler Niva Dorell Ross Clarke |
| production |
Teryn Fogel Pras Michel Rob A. Wisdom |
| music |
Klaus Badelt Craig Eastman |
| camera | Andrew Brinkman |
| cut | Brendan Cusack |
| occupation | |
Skid Row is an experimental documentary from 2007 dealing with life in homelessness . Accompanied by hidden cameras, Pras Michel spent nine days as an incognito homeless person on the notorious Skid Row , an area in the Los Angeles industrial park that has become more famous for its high crime and homelessness rates.
Content and background
In this film, Pras Michel lives disguised as a homeless man on Skid Row, an area around five by five blocks of flats near downtown Los Angeles . Like the dozens of homeless people living there, he ensures his livelihood in this experiment by begging , spending food from local aid organizations and bartering. His life in makeshift tent and cardboard dwellings on the street is portrayed during the film through Pra's experiences and comments. Complemented by appropriate statistics, an attempt is made to portray the reality of life in homelessness.
criticism
Jeannette Catsoulis attested the film on the website of the New York Times as a well-intentioned, yet imprecise implementation of its actual intention.
"Well intentioned but visually horrendous," Skid Row "is a series of random impressions, muffled conversations and inscrutable images apparently captured from curb height. Despite welcome interviews with those who have earned their insights the hard way - including the engaging Orlando Ward of the Midnight Mission and the Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez - the movie succeeds only in replicating the aimlessness and repetitiveness of street life. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report in the Tagesspiegel
- ^ Annotated photo series in the LA Times
- ^ Critique by Jeannette Catsoulis
Web links
- Skid Row in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official Homepage of the film (English)