Home is a Hotel.
(DVD or VCD)
Published
[United States] : Video Project, 2024.
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Copies
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Wellesley - Adult | ON ORDER | On Order |
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Medford - Audiovisual | DVD/Documentary | On Shelf |
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Published
[United States] : Video Project, 2024.
Format
DVD or VCD
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Release date: 03/26/2024
Description
As of 2023, there is no American city or county in which a renter working full time and earning minimum wage can afford a market-rate one-bedroom apartment. In recent decades, as public housing has been systematically defunded and dismantled, single-room occupancy hotels have played a private, stop-gap role in providing shelter for those on society's margins. In San Francisco, one of the wealthiest cities in the world, 20,000 residents, including families, call SRO home. Home is a Hotel is the story of a newly single mom in Chinatown, a blind songwriter fighting harassment and eviction, a former couple in recovery living together to co-parent a six-year-old son, a graffiti artist painting murals for the tech companies gentrifying his neighborhood, and a determined mother searching for her runaway daughter. Each of them is trying to craft a brighter future within the four walls of their 80-square-foot rooms, which, despite their meager offerings, can still cost above $900 a month. Facing infestations, shared bathrooms, and hostile landlords, life inside SROs often proves to offer additional obstacles, rather than alleviating them. Through a deep and long-lasting immersion in these stories, a composite portrait materializes, not only of life for those living in SROs but also of the current state of the American dream for an ever-growing segment of the population.
System Details
DVD.
Language
English audio.
Language
Closed-captioned.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
(2024). Home is a Hotel (Widescreen ed.). Video Project.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)2024. Home Is a Hotel. Video Project.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Home Is a Hotel Video Project, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Home Is a Hotel Widescreen ed., Video Project, 2024.
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