diane nilan / on the edge
March 16, 12-1:30 p.m.
Work-in-Progress Screening & Discussion
Center for Documentary Studies Auditorium
In this brown bag presentation (feel free to bring your lunch), Diane Nilan will present a short excerpt from On the Edge (working title), a film looking at the root causes and human consequences of homelessness. Featuring seven women who lost their housing for a variety of reasons, the film gives a painfully intimate look at the entwined connection between poverty, housing issues, social problems, addictions, family crises, and gender-related injustices. These compelling and forthcoming experts on homelessness shine a bright, unmitigated light on systemic and personal causes of their struggles, illuminating what has been a dark corner of social inaction and concern.
diane nilan
Founder and president of HEAR US Inc. (www.hearus.us), Diane Nilan has more than 25 years experience working with impoverished and homeless families. Since 2005, Nilan’s cross-country journeys to non-urban communities have focused on chronicling poverty and homelessness, particularly for invisible families and teens. She filmed the award-winning documentary series My Own Four Walls, providing an opportunity for children and youth to share how homelessness upends their lives and education. Her 2009 production, REACH, empowers incarcerated parents to advocate for their homeless children’s educational rights. Nilan’s Learning Curve Express, her latest venture, utilizes YouTube to call attention to homeless families and teens in doubled up and/or motel situations.
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Diane, This is nice news. I am excited for you.
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Glory B
[...] Diane Nilan / "On the Edge" - Tue, March 16, 2010 Tue, March 16, 2010 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Center for Documentary Studies. 0. In this brown bag presentation (feel free to bring your lunch), Diane Nilan will present a short excerpt from On the Edge (working title), a film looking at the root causes and human consequences of homelessness. Featuring seven women who lost their housing for a variety of reasons, the film gives a painfully intimate look at the entwined connection between poverty, housing issues, social problems, addictions, family crises, and gender-related injustices. These compelling and forthcoming experts on homelessness shine a bright, unmitigated light on systemic and personal causes of their struggles, illuminating what has been a dark corner of social inaction and concern. More at: http://www.cdsporch.org/?p=1731 [...]
[...] Diane Nilan / "On the Edge" - Tue, March 16, 2010 Tue, March 16, 2010 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Center for Documentary Studies. 0. In this brown bag presentation (feel free to bring your lunch), Diane Nilan will present a short excerpt from On the Edge (working title), a film looking at the root causes and human consequences of homelessness. Featuring seven women who lost their housing for a variety of reasons, the film gives a painfully intimate look at the entwined connection between poverty, housing issues, social problems, addictions, family crises, and gender-related injustices. These compelling and forthcoming experts on homelessness shine a bright, unmitigated light on systemic and personal causes of their struggles, illuminating what has been a dark corner of social inaction and concern. More at: http://www.cdsporch.org/?p=1731 [...]
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deborah.price@matsuk12.us
Thank you for your advocacy for children and families who are homeless. Please place me on your mailing list.