http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/street_flix/Content?oid=399030
(((Old story from 2007, but illustrative of some kind of principle....
The barriers to entry for video are now lower than the barriers to entry for basic shelter.)))
Link: East Bay Express | News | Street Flix.
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Shaw sits up stiff and dirty and fully clothed in an Irish cap, black scarf, black blazer, black sweater, slacks, and boots. The 35-year-old looks around his auto shelter, then rolls up his air mattress and sleeping bag with a groan. His lower back aches and his belly rumbles as he stashes his gear in a makeshift wall cubby.
Except for some milk crates filled with books, he can't leave any evidence that he's slept here since 2005. By the time the carport's spaceholders arrive, Shaw has to be out of sight. He gathers his things in an oversize black briefcase and hustles down the sidewalk toward a free breakfast at Trinity Church, which regulars call the "Wingnut Breakfast" or just "Wingnut."
Even though Shaw has been homeless since he was a teen, has no intention of ever being otherwise, and is congenitally broke and unemployable, he has produced a powerful feature-length documentary that's available worldwide. Against the odds, he managed to scrounge up a digital camcorder and three separate laptops, shoot more than 31 hours of raw footage in 2005 and 2006, and edit it into the 52-minute doc, which he finished late last year. The resourceful video nut went on to press two hundred DVDs, of which he's sold about three-quarters on the street and through local retailers such as Amoeba and Rasputin. He recently secured distribution through IndieFlix.com, which will sell his movie for $10 to anyone in the world. Entry deadlines loom for many film festivals, if only Shaw can scrape together the fees....
http://www.indieflix.com/Films/MyBigFatHomelessBerkeleyMovie
