beautiful, moving, and sometimes disturbing, as it chronicles
the many years of tension between Tent City, and the leaders
of Lakewood Township who want
the people out of the woods.
True to the cinéma vérité technique, for three years Ballo
filmed the everyday activities of
people in the camp, including
a U.S. Army Vet, a poor elderly
vegan couple, and people of all
colors, all faiths, and all ages. He
used a hand-held camera, picking up sounds, conversations,
actions; the gritty, true face of
these creative, homeless people
who had found solace living together in the woods.
Destiny’s Bridge---the concept, is a plan that offers a solution to homelessness: a plot of
land with affordable tiny houses
where poor people can live with
dignity in a safe and permanent
place of their own to call home.
The idea of a tiny house community includes on site access
to social services, health services, job training and other pro-
Watch the trailer for Destiny’s Bridge 2016
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