Home Is a Hotel

“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.

This film showing is part of “Healing Hearts – Finding Home,” a fundraiser for The Healing WELL, a wellness and leadership development center in the Tenderloin.  Immediately following the film, we will have a panel discussion with Tenderloin SRO residents and the film’s director, and a private reception.  For more information about “Healing Hearts – Finding Home,” go to www.healingwellsf.org.