No Address Analysis done by:Evelyn Dick and Deborah Masty

July 8, 2008 deborahmasty

We Chose the film No Address cause some of the people interviewed in this film are from our hometown known as Kuujjuarapik in innuktitut. It is a film about Aboriginal people who are homeless in Montreal. The film was directed by Alanis Obomsawin in 1988. We got the video from Aboriginal Perspective films. We also chose this film because we are starting to see it in our own community as there is a couple living in a tent not too far from the town due to not having a place to stay in since their house was on fire and lives were lost from that incident.  The film reflects on the following

• Almost everyone of the people moved to Montreal with high hopes of finding a job and having a good life in the city.
• They end up going on welfare but the amount they get is nowhere enough to have a good life with.
• Low income means not being able to find low cost housing.
• The men end up humiliating themselves by asking for spare change on the streets until they get chased away by the police.
• Women sell their bodies to get what they want.
• Living in condemned buildings, where they get chased away from there as well due to the fear of not being able to get the people out in time if a fire starts.
• Drinking and drugs.
• A mystery bus goes around at 12 a.m to find any people who are homeless and roaming the streets their  mission is to feed them.
• Friendship Centers are a big help but they can’t provide shelters.
• They get depressed.
• They are runaways and are determined not to go back home cause of the abuse.
• Some miss home and wish they could go back but can’t.
• They sometimes get to a point where they wish they could get arrested so they can have a place to stay and have three meals a day.

 

The video we chose that we feel reflects to the film is called Homelessness in Canada video.google.com .It is a video that really encourages people to TAKE ACTION in helping the homeless people. The video has a brief description of what it’s like being homeless and has little texts that pop up in the video and help make you think about  HOW to do your part in TAKING ATION to help the homeless people. The songs asks questions about topic of being homeless.This is an awareness video that is made to inspire us to motivate ourselves to take action in helping the homeless people.This video is 4mins long and was made in April 7 of 2008.

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