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The Many Faces of Homelessness

Rachel Fleischer | Posted 01.05.2013 | Arts
Read More: Faces of Homelessness Art Exhibition, United Way, United Way of Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Poverty, Los Angeles Homeless, Homelessness, Without a Home, Rachel Fleischer, Greg Siff, Christopher Chinn, Jim Lembeck, Lamp Community, Gaelle Morand, Art, Live Painting, Arts News
Rachel Fleischer

On October 11th, I had the honor and privilege of participating in United Way's First Annual Faces of Homelessness Art Exhibition, which was held in partnership with the Downtown L.A. Art Walk.

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Lost Angels at LAFilm Festival, Friday 6/25: Director Thomas Napper Illuminates Skid Row

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Thomas Napper, Steve Lopez, The Soloist, Poverty, The Chorus, LA CAN, Robert Downey, Safer Cities Initiative, General Dogon, Jamie Foxx, Lost Angels, Los Angeles, Lamp Community, Dreamworks, Mental Illness, Juilliard School of Music, Skid Row, Homelessness, Paramount, Homeless, Los Angeles Times, Jr., Joe Wright, Nathaniel Ayers, Big Time Picture Company, Los Angeles Film Festival, Movie Trailer, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

Thomas Napper fills every frame with the realities of Skid Row. His lens shines the light on a people and a place too many choose to turn away from.

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Joe Wright's The Soloist Exploits the Skid Row Community

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: LA Times, Ben Hong, Safer City Inititiative, The Soloist, Steve Lopez, Poverty, Los Angeles Community Action Network, Incarceration, LA CAN, Jiulliard School of Performing Arts, Jaywalking, Downtown Los Angeles, Atonement, Los Angeles, Lamp Community, Mental Illness, Casey Huran, Skid Row, Homelessness, Federico Fellini, Gary Foster, Lawlessness, Los Angeles Times, Pride and Prejudice, Joe Wright, Nathaniel Ayers, Gentrification, Sci, Entertainment News
Linda Milazzo

Instead of telling the tales of the homeless, the film portrayed them as a Fellini-esque monolith -- a tainted Gomorrah teeming with decadence and dereliction.

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