It’s late notice, but tonight and tomorrow evening a new documentary on Toronto’s homeless count that occurred last year premeirs at the new Brunswick Theatre.
On April 19, 2006, the City of Toronto set out to count its homeless. The action was propelled by right-wing councilors and media, combated by advocates, and ultimately marketed by city staff. This documentary film, produced between February 2006 and January 2007, integrates footage of the exercise with interviews with Toronto homeless advocates, media, city councillors, and city staff.
The Great Homeless Count
features
Cathy Crowe (Street Nurse)
Iain De Jong (Manager, Streets to Homes)
Beric German (AIDS worker, Street Health)
Tanya Gulliver (Co-ordinator, TDRC)
Doug Holyday (Ward 3 City Councilor)
Sue-Ann Levy (City Hall Columnist, the Toronto Sun)
Joe Mihevc (Ward 21 City Councilor)
Michael Shapcott (Senior Fellow, the Wellesley Institute)
and David Smith (Executive Director, the Scott Missio
The Great Homeless Count
March 27 and 28
7 p.m. at the Brunswick Theatre
296 Brunswick Avenue (2nd Floor) at Bloor
$10 / admission
(We will be showing a trailer for The Great Homeless Count at tomorrow’s Public Space Invaders night)
