Kanopy Videos
On-demand streaming video for over 16,000 films including content from the BBC, PBS, and Critereon Collection. Public performance rights for educational use are included.
These videos are searchable via the Cerritos College Catalog or directly through Cerritos.kanopystreaming.com
Exposing Homelessness is a film that documents the experience of three formerly homeless women who participated in a three-month photography workshop. Drawing from their personal experiences they were asked to use photography to express their insight into the issue of homelessness so that viewers could be exposed to a more intimate and profound analysis of the problem.
Made over 6 years, THE STREET is the result of the filmmakers' total immersion into the world of the homeless. By concentrating on three individuals the film makes the 'homeless problem' a personal one, allowing audiences to experience the human side of homelessness. Are we all just only one step away from being claimed by the street?
A young woman's desire to understand the homeless epidemic in her native city of Los Angeles takes her on an unexpected 4 year journey into the lives of several homeless individuals as they struggle to find homes, get clean, and survive.
This Emmy-winning documentary follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. Each of these smart, ambitious teenagers will surprise, inspire, and challenge audiences to rethink stereotypes of homelessness as they work to complete their education while facing the trauma of being alone and abandoned at an early age.