This screening was everything we hoped it would be and more. Already we are getting great reviews and responses from people who attended. Harkins Theatre donated the auditorium and their staff catered to our every need. I applaud them for this great community service. We couldn't have done it without their help. Because of this screening, many others will now host more screenings, all helping to raise awareness and inspire action.

Indiepix, our partner in creating and promoting the Activist Edition of the film, was there to help people understand how they can host their own screenings of the film. Using the DVD and Brave New Theaters is the best way to nurture our grassroots screening campaign for this film.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless set up a great booth to register voters. With the important election coming up, it is so important for people to vote, so this is a great community effort to include in screenings.


Bar Louie graciously hosted an after-screening reception, that was enjoyed by all. The perfect venue for discussing this compelling film.

'Skid Row' felt like the best sort of wake up call. The film managed to make me aware of an issue that usually goes undiscussed, even in an election year where every other 'important' issue is breathlessly analyzed. Because Pras Michel enters this incredible situation not as a chest-beating activist but as a 'normal' person no more aware of the true face of homelessness than I, it gave me the permission to be moved by what I saw without feeling guilty for a life of doing very little about the problem.

Pras' nine-day journey on Skid Row was life-changing, and through the power of this documentary, we get to feel that impact on our own lives. Rich, poor or middle class, the homelessness problem affects us all, more than we see going about our day to day lives. In one of the best interviews in the film, a poverty activist declares, "solve homelessness in LA and transform the city." But if we could actively take on poverty we'd do much more than that -- we'd transform the world.

See this film as soon as you can. Then show it to as many people as you can. And maybe we'll be one step closer to that transformation we so desperately need.

There have been activist screenings (thanks to Brave New Theaters!) and the DVD is now available from IndiePix.