Crushing Wheelchairs

Overview

Crushing Wheelchairs, with an original screenplay written by houseless poet and povertyskola tiny gray-garcia, adapted from her award winning play of the same name focuses on the violence of homelessness, city and state sponsored sweeps, and poLice terror. The movie includes an all houseless/formerly houseless cast whose motto is: “We aren’t acting, we are living.” It was shot primarily in houseless communities (encampments) and on the streets in Oakland and San Francisco.

Cast

Tongo Eisen-Martin

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Ayodele Nzinga

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Luis Rodriguez

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Devorah Major

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Corrina Gould

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Tony Gonzales

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Reverend Harry Louis Williams, II

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Harry Williams

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