Filmmaker Q&A

Home Is a Hotel

  • A Black woman and boy sitting on a bed. The woman combs the boys hair. The woman has bright blue fingernails.
  • A family hugging and looking to their right. A little girl with a fuzzy pink jacket and a woman holding her smiling.

SHOW ADDED on Monday, August 28!

Q&A with director Kevin Wong as well as the editors of the film and DP.

“A gripping view of life in San Francisco’s SROs” – Emma Silver, KQED

From within the walls of their 80 sqft SRO hotel rooms, a diverse group of San Franciscans strive against systemic forces and a housing crisis with hope and humor in their search for a place to call home.

A loving newly single mother in Chinatown, a blind Latina librettist fighting harassment and eviction, an ex-couple in recovery and co-parenting a 6-year-old son, a spirited graffiti artist ambivalent about painting murals for the tech companies moving into his neighborhood, and a determined mother on a quest to find her runaway daughter while raising a toddler. Through these stories, filmed over 5 years, this character-driven, verité documentary immerses viewers in what it means to call a single room home in one of America’s wealthiest cities.

Winner of Documentary Feature Award & Audience Award at the 2023 SFFILM Festival!

Runtime
1h 32m
Year
2022
Director
Kevin Duncan Wong, Todd Sills, Kar Yin Tham
Format
DCP
Country
United States
First Showing
August 17, 2023
Categories
  • Assisted Listening