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This is a moving story about a group of homeless New Yorkers who set out to renovate an abandoned tenement building. Helped by Habitat for Humanity, including Jimmy Carter, we watch inexperienced people become proficient carpenters and tenant-owners. This group of ethnically diverse people overcomes...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dean, Josephine Hayes
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1992.
Series:Filmakers Library online.
Subjects:
Homeless persons > Housing.
Housing rehabilitation.
Shelters for the homeless.
Personnes sans-abri > Logement.
Logement > Réhabilitation.
Homeless persons > Housing
Housing rehabilitation
Documentary.
Streaming videos.
documentary film.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:This is a moving story about a group of homeless New Yorkers who set out to renovate an abandoned tenement building. Helped by Habitat for Humanity, including Jimmy Carter, we watch inexperienced people become proficient carpenters and tenant-owners. This group of ethnically diverse people overcomes bureaucracy, skepticism and lack of money to attain finally a decent affordable place to live. Filmed over a three-year period, it follows their struggle to turn a collective dream into a reality. Their saga can be a model for successful replicable restoration and community efforts.
Physical Description:1 online resource (59 min.)
Playing Time:00:59:15
Audience:For College; Adult audiences.
Awards:Silver Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1991
Silver Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival, 1991