‘Lost Angels’ documentary about life on Skid Row featured in L.A. Times
“Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home,” a 75-minute documentary featuring men and women living on skid row, was featured in the Los Angeles Times last week: On Location: Skid row finds new home in ‘Lost Angels’ documentary. Downtown Los Angeles has been a favored filming location since the days of the silent movies. But rarely do filmmakers get a chance to shine a spotlight on people who actually live on its streets, especially in a 50-block area known as skid row. All that changed when Karen Gilbert and other crew members collaborated on “Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home,” a 75-minute documentary featuring wrenching stories of the men and women who live downtown and are struggling to turn around lives ravaged by mental illness and drug abuse. The film, which has yet to be released in theaters, has been screening at festivals and conferences around the country and recently won a prestigious national award for promoting awareness of mental health issues. It shows a less glamorous side of L.A. that is rarely seen on the big screen and is one of the first films to depict life from the point of view of people who live in a place often called the homeless capital of America.
The film was shot in 2008 and 2009 around Skid Row, including San Julian Street, Broadway (during the Downtown Art Walk), the Church of the Nazarene, the Midnight Mission and at buildings owned by Lamp Community, a nonprofit organization that helps the homeless.
Lamp is proud to be part of this incredibly special film.
On Location: Skid row finds new home in ‘Lost Angels’ documentary
(Agi Orsi, left, producer of the documentary “Lost Angels,” and Karen Gilbert, associate producer and location manager, greet Terri “Detroit” Hughes and Linda Harris, subjects of the documentary about people living on Los Angeles’ skid row. Credit: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
By Richard VerrierOctober 11, 2011
READ THE FULL STORY HERE
