Home is a hotel

HOME
IS A
HOTEL

There is not a more important or timely film...
  Home Is a Hotel is essential viewing
   - SFFilm Jury

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"There is not a more important or timely film...
  Home Is a Hotel is essential viewing"
   - SFFilm Jury

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THE FILM

A composite portrait of life on the margins in the most expensive city in the country.

Filmed over 5 years, this feature-length documentary looks at inequality in San Francisco through the lens of five residents as they fight to stay housed. The film features a mosaic of strangers bound together by their reliance on this system of Single Room Occupancy hotels to keep a roof over their heads and homelessness at bay.

While their stories are unique, their attempts to break free of cyclical traumas and crushing structural forces is a universal story whose outcome will foretell the future of the American city.

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Updates &
Screenings

Updates

Southern Circuit

HOME IS A HOTEL has been selected by South Arts for the Atlanta , Southern Circuit programming series!

The Southern Circuit connects independent filmmakers with community audiences to amplify the films’ impact while investing in the regional film-making infrastructure of the South and engaging local community members in critical conversations.

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We’re Heading to Austin and San Diego!

HOME IS A HOTEL Selected for Austin Film Festival and San Diego Asian Film Festival.

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We’re Coming to NYC and The East Bay!

Home is a Hotel Screenings at the NY Latino Film Festival and The New Parkway’s Doc Night.

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Screenings

City of Hapeville

February

19

Reception at 6pm, Screening at 7:00 pm | Free
Christ Church & Carriage House, 680 S Central Ave, Hapeville, GA

The Plaza Arts Center

February

18

7:00 pm | Free
The Plaza Arts Center, 305 N Madison Ave, Eatonton, GA 31024

Aurora Theatre – CANCELLED

February

17

7:00 PM
Bartow & Leslie Morgan Cabaret, Lawrenceville Arts Center 125 N Clayton St, Lawrenceville, GA

Canton Theatre

February

16

2:00 PM | Free
171 E Main St. Canton, Georgia 30114

Rome International Film Festival

February

15

3:00 – 5:00 PM | Sliding Scale
417 Broad Street Rome, GA. 30161

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In elevating the stories of those living in SROs, we hope to change the narrative about housing insecurity and build support for investments in community fortifying and health promoting housing that is affordable. We challenge audiences to re-imagine housing as a fulcrum issue, an essential human need and a foundational part of the solution to so many social issues.

Help us bring this powerful film to audiences across the country to act as a tool for community building and organizing through screenings and an impact campaign.

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HOME IS A HOTEL featuring SYLVESTER, JACQUE, SUNBEAR, ESTHER, CHRISTINA directed & produced by KEVIN DUNCAN WONG co-directed & produced by TODO SILLS, KAR YIN THAM cinematography SENG CHEN, KEVIN DUNCAN WONG edited by KRISTINA MOTWANI score composed by CATHERINE JOY