The Healing WELL Fundraiser: Fog

San Francisco faces a devastating homeless crisis. Moved to act, Dr. Eduardo Dolhun, a family
physician, chronicles the stories of his homeless neighbors in the Tenderloin and other areas of
San Francisco. FOG, a stunningly fresh short documentary (14 minutes), is nothing short of
inspirational.

This film showing is part of “Hope Lives Here: The Tenderloin Speaks,” a fundraiser for The
Healing WELL, a wellness and leadership development center in the Tenderloin. In addition to
the film, renowned journalist Kevin Fagan will speak about his award-winning book, “The Lost
and the Found.” This will be followed by a brief discussion with Tenderloin leaders.

Award-winning San Francisco Chronicle journalist Kevin Fagan has been covering homelessness for decades and has spent extensive time on the streets for his reporting. In The Lost and the Found, Fagan introduces us to Rita and Tyson, two unhoused people who were rescued by their families with the help of his own reporting, and chronicles their extraordinary struggles to pull themselves out of homelessness and addiction.

Having experienced homelessness himself, Fagan has always brought a deep understanding to his subjects and has written here more than just a story of individuals experiencing homelessness, but also a compelling look at the link between homelessness and addiction and an incisive commentary on housing and equality. Kevin Fagan writes with “the deft touch that can come only when the ego of the journalist ebbs into something far more substantial and convincing” (The New Yorker). The Lost and the Found ends with both enormous tragedy and triumph to humanize this national calamity, forever changing the way we see the unhoused.