A documentary for CBC Newsworld :: It questions whether the mentor model is the best way to get people who are living on the streets off the streets.
Cameras were rolling as a well-to-do mother of four, a lawyer, an IT consultant and a film director paired up with homeless people for 10 months. The hope was to mentor their less-fortunate partners and turn their lives around.
The result was a good hard look at life on the street and the obstacles homeless people face as they try to find housing – or even temporary shelter. The documentary revealed stuff that’s very difficult to explain to people.
Filmmakers believe their work can have an impact. The documentary shows that not everyone is going to be contributing members of society, but we as a society have an obligation to look after those people and provide certain needs for them that they can’t provide for themselves.
