"Street Reporter" Screening

4400 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest,Washington DC 20016

31 March, 2022

Description

A special screening of Prof. Laura Waters Hinson's documentary, "Street Reporter" The SOC Community is invited to a special screening of Professor Laura Waters Hinson’s award-winning documentary, Street Reporter, on March 31st at 3:30 pm in the Doyle Forman Theater. Afterward, a panel discussion with the filmmaker and special guests from the film will follow. The event is hosted by AU’s Community Voice Lab. To view the film’s trailer, click here. About the Film: Sheila White, 58, dreams of becoming a photojournalist and escaping her life of homelessness. Yearning to make this change, she studies at a local university while completing homework late into the night at the women’s shelter. As a reporter at Street Sense newspaper, Sheila and her reporting partner Reggie cover the story of DC’s “Tent City.” Along the way, they meet a charismatic tent resident named Mike who, much like Sheila, longs for a life outside the underpass. As the city moves to shut down Mike’s encampment, their journeys are threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic, with unexpected results. Street Reporter is a deeply intimate, character-based film produced with community collaborators that provides a window into the power of community journalism in one woman’s life, casting a vision of the re-humanizing effects of life’s most basic need: a place to call home. Festivals and awards: Big Sky Documentary Film Fest - US Northwest Premiere in Feb 2022 Winner, Social Impact Media Award for Creative Activism, 2022 Audience Choice Award - Austin Film Festival 2021 Audience Choice Award - IndyShorts Film Festival 2021 Finalist, Best Short Documentary, Annapolis Film Festival 2022 Official Selection at: Pan African Film Festival, St Louis International Film Festival, Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, Heartland Film Fest 2021 For more information on Street Reporter, please visit the website at www.streetreporterfilm.com