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Here At Home: Money Changes You

2012 4 min
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After more than 20 years on the street, James has doubts about living indoors. Struggling to master the appliances in his new apartment, he reflects upon pizza, cockroaches and the syndromes of modern industrial society. This short film is a chapter from Here At Home, a web documentary about mental health and homelessness that takes us inside the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home pilot project.

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After more than 20 years on the street, James has doubts about living indoors. Struggling to master the appliances in his new apartment, he reflects upon pizza, cockroaches and the syndromes of modern industrial society.


This short film is a chapter from Here At Home, a web documentary about mental health and homelessness that takes us inside the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home pilot project.

  • director
    Manfred Becker
  • producer
    Lea Marin
  • director of photography
    Robin L.P. Bain
  • editor
    Chris Wiseman
  • site coordinator
    Faye More
  • production coordinator
    Christine Kleckner
    Kate Vollum
  • production supervisor
    Mark Wilson
  • technical coordinator
    Marcus Matyas
  • administration
    Josiah Rothenberg
  • executive producer
    Silva Basmajian
  • participant
    James "Moron Dog"
    Bouchra Arback

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