A documentary on homelessness in Cork.

The Development Media Workshop looks at the life of a street kid in Western Kenya.

NUIM student KATARZYNA CZERNIK looks at the experiences of migrants using homeless services in Dublin.

This documentary by DCTV member Paula Geraghty, brings to the fore the activities of the crew of SLUM-TV.  Operating from Mathare, one of the largest slums in Kenya, the SLUM-TV was created to document the lives of the people in the slum and to ‘reevaluate’ these lives through the camera. The recordings are projected on wall, at night, for the viewing pleasure of the neighborhood. You can read a larger article about the project at Al Jazeera.

This explores with those currently experiencing Homelessness the need for a Mobile Medical Team on the streets of Dublin. This film was launched at the 2008 Spring Conference of the Irish College of Psychiatry in April 2008.

In all our work the Homeless Focus Group endeavours to minimize the distance between the service user and the service provider. We aim to show that Citizens who are experiencing Homelessness are well capable of identifying and articulating their needs and that they have a right to be part of the decision-making process when homeless related services and being planned and designed.

Other issues the Focus Group has focused on included the need for a Complaints Procedure and Dignity Charter, improving channels of Communication with Dublin City Council, seeking representation for Homeless Citizens on various Committees and Boards, challenging the use of the Holistic Assessment Form, seeking better use of existing resources such as the DCC Night Bus services and the development of a user-friendly guide to Homeless related services in Dublin City.

Homeless people rarely have an outlet for their voices to be heard, this presents their often challenging views. This simple yet broadly cinematic piece refuses to use a narration, instead allowing voices from the street to confront their own fears and worries for the future. Social commentary at its best, with some scary and subtle focuses on the medical culture of methadone as a heroin substitute.