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Here At Home: Will to live

2012 2 min
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After years on the edge, Hector now has a place to live, a job and a beloved dog. Shuttling farm hands to work, he remembers the life he lost and worries about his homeless son. 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 years on the edge, Hector now has a place to live, a job and a beloved dog. Shuttling farm hands to work, he remembers the life he lost and worries about his homeless son.





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
    Louiselle Noël
  • producer
    Maryse Chapdelaine
  • director of photography
    Chris Leblanc
  • editor
    L. Steve Dawson
  • site coordinator
    Claudette Bradshaw
  • production coordinator
    Colette Allain
    Sylvie Desjardins
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
  • administrator
    Geneviève Duguay
  • executive producer
    Jacques Turgeon
  • participant
    Hector Leblanc
    Carol-Lynn Parsons
    Donna Girouard
    Gabriel Doiron
    Carla Heide
    Natasha Prévost
    David Méthot

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