I have really enjoyed this eye-opening series. Thanks for bringing the reality of homelessness and drug addition to the attention of us all.

Posted on March 10, 2008 — by joimaki

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I watched the video on Skid Row, very real is what I say. In the video it mentioned that what's needed is affordable stable housing, but would this work. I mean this type of housing has been tried and there called housing Projects. I lived in one of these type of affordable housing buildings, for the most part it doesn't work -- this cycle of destruction remains. I think it's more than just giving affordable housing, there's a way of thinking that has been inbreaded that must be broken before any moving forward can happen. How does this happen?

Posted on March 21, 2008 — by kpowel

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It felt like something out of Grapes of Wrath. It painted a picture with human face and gave a lens into the cruelty of American cyclical poverty.
Its the first any film on the internet has made me shed a tear.

Posted on March 27, 2008 — by prose

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Sam Slovick has produced an excellent series about Skid Row. The statistics are staggering. The humanity we have left to fend for themselves, as if this were Survivor, presents a truly tragic scene.

I must also give him kudos for venturing into this untamed land armed only with a camera. Working with this population, not on Skid Row, I not only hear about the horrors of that section of L.A. but I hear about the brutality of homelessness in general. Some of the hard core homeless, those folks who don't try to get off the street, have little understanding of or respect for "ordinary" people (those with 9 to 5 jobs and homes).

These are often the first to complain about the injustice of being made to wait in a line to eat. Some, not all, but some of these same people are the first to intimidate or brutalize another homeless person to get what they want. This is another aspect of homelessness of which I think the public at large is unaware.

I can't help but remember one child in the series saying, "take me with you." What has he seen? What has his mother done to feed her addiction? What has the child done to survive? Is he continuing the cycle?

Is it any wonder many residents of Skid Row are drug vendors or users?

As another viewer said; I would also like to see a follow up or update to this series. It would be interesting to see how much, if anything has changed and in what way. What about the children?

Posted on April 12, 2008 — by mrmattsterv900

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