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It Was a Wonderful Life

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Filmmaker Michele Ohayon profiles six affluent women left homeless by divorce, illness or the economy. Narrated by Jodie Foster.

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Emanuel Levy Variety 12/15/2006
B-
Dedicated to the "hidden homeless," this is a devastating documentary, though not too deep, about middle-class women who have fallen from riches to rags. Go to Full Review
James Rocchi Netflix 02/28/2003
4/5
Simple, sincere documentary about the hidden homeless is a wrenching look at poverty, sexual discrimination and crisis. Go to Full Review
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01/03/2010 A Real Eye Opener!! Where are they now?? I wish they would do a follow up so we can know if thees wimen are still homless or have made it back to normalcy or if they are even still living?? I wish oprah Wold see this and look into it and maby do a show on it cause it is still going on possibly worse now than ever ??? See more 11/01/2008 dated but stunning. heartbreaking documentary See more 07/18/2008 Just downright depressing... I would have loved if this film did more to help solve the problem, rather than just show it. See more 07/03/2008 interesting documentary on five or so women who are homeless. i liked it because it was unstereotypical and because i did not know much about this group of invisible homeless women. it made me believe that homelessness can happen to anyone. and to appreciate more what i got. See more 05/23/2008 Emotional and uplifting! Yes, the film is a little outdated, but the topic of homelessness still permeates today's society. Honestly, I have never heard of this documentary until I saw it at school just recently, and I was drawn to the lives of these women -- women who became homeless because of a bitter divorce, or bad choices made in life. There were some boring moments, but the majority were just emotional and sad. Though not depressing, it shed some light in our society's mishandling of homeless women throughout America. The film's ending was uplifting in that it shared a small update of the women who were featured in this film. Sadly, one of the women did commit suicide, and that was just awful. Overall, again the documentary is a little outdated, but it was quite educational and an eye-opener. This should be shown or use for a class project! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Filmmaker Michele Ohayon profiles six affluent women left homeless by divorce, illness or the economy. Narrated by Jodie Foster.
Director
Michèle Ohayon
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 24, 2004
Runtime
1h 24m
Sound Mix
Stereo