Shelter (2017)

Name: Shelter
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-06-01
Duration: 1 hr 10 min
Rating: 80

"For the first time in close to a decade chronic homelessness is on the rise in America With affordable housing facing a crunch its harder than ever for young families to cope Still some find the support they need"Movie

Audience Score

NR 1 hr 10 minJun 1st, 2017Documentary

Plot

At the Covenant House located on the outskirts of the French Quarter in New Orleans Louisiana the doors never close and there is always room for one more On any given day a constant stream of young people carrying everything they own in plastic garbage bags fills the courtyard The prospective residents are just teenagers but have already been labeled drug addicts schizophrenics criminals and outcasts As one staff member puts it the most damaged population of youth that exists in society today Filming over the course of a full year brothers Brent and Craig Renaud tell the raw and emotional stories of the incredible kids who seek shelter at the Covenant House and the staff struggling to work miracles everyday on their behalf

Movie Details

Original Language:English

Executive Producers:Michael Kenneth Williams, Eddy Moretti, Suroosh Alvi, Shane Smith, Jason Mojica, Martina Veltroni

Production Companies:VICE Media

Shelter on the Web:Official Website

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