"Sundown on Skid Row"
Investigative Documentary Educating American Society
screening and event - Friday, June 30, 7:30 pm

EDITOR'S NOTE: LA Community Policing is proud to announce the participation of LACP's own Dr. Arthur Jones in this feature length documentary about homelessness in America (please see the link to our Think Tank, below). A consultant on the film, Dr. Jones will be making a presentation as part of the event. Other dignitaries and notables will also attend. Please help get the work out about this extraordinary event!

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PRESS RELEASE

The Burbank non-profit organization, "IDEAS" (Investigative Documentaries Educating American Society) in cooperation with the "INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL HOLLYWOOD" will continue its commitment to filmmaking and social issues by hosting "SUNDOWN ON SKID ROW", a feature length documentary about homelessness in America. The film was directed by Burbank resident Kevin McKenna, and will screen:

The event will also include a presentation by Dr. Arthur Jones, who is a consulting producer on the film, as well as a noted human rights attorney and speaker on the homeless situation in America. The occasion will also culminate with a Q&A session that offers opportunities for people to meet with each other, network and dialogue in the heart of the NoHo Arts District.

The documentary deals with the horrors of homelessness and has interviews with many of the homeless who tell poignant stories about the reality of life on the streets. Also, featured in the video are several prominent politicians, like Congressman Adam Schiff, Senator Jack Scott, and California State Assemblyman Dario Frommer as well as, members of city government, social service professionals like BTAC's Stacy Schumacher and legal experts, like Dr. Arthur A. Jones (human rights attorney) and The Honorable Harold E. Shabo, (Supervising Judge Mental Health Dept.) and Homeless Advocate Ted Hayes, who discuss not only the problem, but some of the solutions.

The documentary also focuses on people who have dedicated their lives to solving the homeless situation. There are, among others, humanitarians, like the members of the L.A. and Valley Coalitions for the Homeless, author and Superior Court Judge Robert C. Coates (“A STREET IS NOT A HOME“) and LA County Sheriff Leroy Baca to mention just a few.

“Sundown on Skid Row” takes you onto the streets of skid row to witness first hand life and death in Box City. The video is a mixture of wine and tears dope and hope. It is also the story of the people that are driven to the edge, by the reality of existing on the street, and also of the insane that are driven from the institutions because of lack of funding.

The movie is free but if you can bring a can of food it will go directly to the hungry.

For more information call: 818 / 846-3519
ideasfilm@sbcglobal.net

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--- Dr. Arthur A. Jones and his wife and partner, Dr. Robin Wiseman, are international human rights lawyers with legal educations in the United States and Europe. They are consultants and authors on international policing, social policy and human rights, and regular contributors to the forum here at LA Community Policing.

For more of their work, please see the Think Tank.

For additional information or a complete list of references, contact: