This documentary, written and directed by Frances Negron-Muntaner, focuses on "Tent City" which was a city block full of temporary structures created on an abandoned lot in Philadelphia, not only as living space for homeless people and families waiting to get into city housing, but also a public protest against government neglect. The film explores homelessness, the way the media portrays homelessness, and also the filmmaker's relationship to the largely Puerto Rican American residents of Tent City, as her documentation of their struggle brings up thoughts and questions in her mind about her own Puerto Rican heritage and the struggle of Puerto Ricans in America.
Homeless Diaries [excerpt]
Categories: homelessness, poverty in America
This documentary, written and directed by Frances Negron-Muntaner, focuses on "Tent City" which was a city block full of temporary structures created on an abandoned lot in Philadelphia, not only as living space for homeless people and families waiting to get into city housing, but also a public protest against government neglect. The film explores homelessness, the way the media portrays homelessness, and also the filmmaker's relationship to the largely Puerto Rican American residents of Tent City, as her documentation of their struggle brings up thoughts and questions in her mind about her own Puerto Rican heritage and the struggle of Puerto Ricans in America.
This documentary, written and directed by Frances Negron-Muntaner, focuses on "Tent City" which was a city block full of temporary structures created on an abandoned lot in Philadelphia, not only as living space for homeless people and families waiting to get into city housing, but also a public protest against government neglect. The film explores homelessness, the way the media portrays homelessness, and also the filmmaker's relationship to the largely Puerto Rican American residents of Tent City, as her documentation of their struggle brings up thoughts and questions in her mind about her own Puerto Rican heritage and the struggle of Puerto Ricans in America.
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