Welcome to the latest installment in My Road Leads Home, our documentary film project on homelessness in Spokane. In early December of 2020, we began filming and editing a new documentary, “The Least of These: Communities of Faith Serving the Homeless,” focusing on a homeless warming shelter hosted by City Church of Spokane.
This documentary is specifically aimed at Churches, and other communities of faith, as a challenge to discover what it means to obey the New Testament admonitions to serve those marginalized individuals (including those experiencing homelessness) that Jesus referred to as “the least of these” (see Matthew 25:31-46).
Let me encourage you to share this documentary with your contacts. Encourage your pastor, your church, your family & friends, and your larger social circles to watch the film and to circulate it as widely as possible. You could even host a showing of the film for your Church or organization. It’s time to network and to challenge our larger Community to create the solutions we have been hoping for from others. It’s time to change the conversation about homelessness and to build the Shalom of our Community.
KREM2 Story About Homeless Camps Documentary
KREM 2 (the local CBS affiliate) contacted me about the documentary short on Homeless Camps (which you'll find on this page) and asked for an interview.
Fig Tree Article On “The Dignity of A Shower”
I honestly didn't see this one coming. I got an email saying, "Here's the link to your story." It's a story about "The Dignity of A Shower," our documentary short on the need for showers in the homeless community. My thanks to Mary Stamp (Editor) and the staff at The Fig Tree Newspaper for following our documentaries on homelessness in Spokane.
It’s Always Nice To Get Noticed!
Shawn Vestal and The Spokesman-Review paid us a visit as we were filming "Give Me Shelter." We genuinely appreciated the very positive exposure they gave us for what we're trying to accomplish, showing a better optic, telling a better story, and setting a better tone. Click to read the whole article.
Our Thanks to SpIFF For Selecting Our Film!
We were approached in late 2019 by the directors of the Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF) and asked if we had a version of "The Hidden Homeless" that we could submit to the Festival. Their board had decided that they wanted to do something relevant to the issue of homelessness and had heard about our work. We agreed and Nathan Slabaugh (Slabaugh Media) worked to chop down our Director's Cut to a shorter film festival version which we submitted to great reviews. Many thanks!