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Sheffield DocFest · 2011

Sheffield DocFest 2011

Why Poverty?

Programme

3 films

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Camden Calling

A musical documentary about Camden Calling: a collective of homeless, ex-homeless and vulnerable people from across London who have come together to turn their lives around. Produced in partnership with BBC Storyville and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Anna Edwards)

The Car's Got To Go

Brian Pearson repossesses cars for a living, trying to eke out an existence by doing other people’s dirty work. Every day he calls on people for whom the loss of a car can be the beginning of a slippery slope into debt and poverty -- one that Brian knows all too well.

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Barney Snow)

Holiday of Hope

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Jez Lewis)