Film Showings + Discussions

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SHOWINGS

Saturday April 5, 2 to 4 PM at the Chattanooga Public Library, downtown branch

Sunday April 6, 3 to 5 PM at Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Avenue,

(Sunday only, suggested donation $10-)

Film is 58 minutes long. Panel discussions moderated by Mark J Anderson

FILM SYNOPSIS

In this film you will view interviews with homeless people selected randomly from the streets of Chattanooga. This project is dedicated to providing a space for the unsheltered to tell their own stories in their own words, so that the housed may hear, understand, and grow in compassion for the people we view daily on our streets from a distance. Their stories may in some cases confirm our preconceptions, but more often, these stories will disturb our presumptions.

Panelists will include representatives from the office of the Mayor of Chattanooga, The Chatt Foundation, Metro Ministries, and Doing What We Can Homeless Outreach. Discussion moderator Mark Anderson.

Our Homeless, doc film release

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chattown chatta: our homeless, book cover

Chattown Chatta: Our Homeless, is a collection of interviews with unsheltered people taken on the streets of Chattanooga Tennessee. The book contains twenty one interviews transcribed from about 3.5 hours of video. The documentary film is condensed to 58 minutes. It is intended to be used as the basis for panel discussions which are being scheduled, so watch here for announcements. It is our desire that this project will contribute to collective social change and government policy improvements.

chattown chatta: our homeless, book cover

Watch documentary film HERE

Purchase book on Amazon HERE

10% of book sales are donated to The Chatt Foundation

“Inside of this book you will find interviews with homeless people selected randomly from the streets of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This project is dedicated to providing a space for the unsheltered to tell their own stories in their own words, so that the housed may hear, understand, and grow in compassion for the people we view daily on our streets from a distance. Their stories may in some cases confirm our preconceptions, but more often, these stories will disturb our presumptions.”