# Homeless film/documentary

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-film-documentary/556319>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 7, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-film-documentary/556319 "2010-10-07T01:46:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![simply\_cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@simply\_cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simply_cats)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-film-documentary/556319/21 "2010-10-12T18:26:53Z")

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Thanks, Joey P! That idea had actually crossed my mind early on, but it is a detail I haven’t yet attended to. I’m bumping that up on my list of things to do.

On that note, anyone else have any ideas for how to make this a more meaningful experience for my kids?

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-film-documentary/556319/22 "2010-10-12T19:04:31Z")

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> [@simply\_cats](#):
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> On that note, anyone else have any ideas for how to make this a more meaningful experience for my kids?

Contact a family shelter/transitional living facility and ask for either a tour or for someone to come speak to your class. The experience of the chronically homeless (the people you typically see on the street, representing about 1/10th the homeless population) is fundamentally different from that of the homeless family (the vast majority of the overall homeless population in this country).

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