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Truthout.org review: Click Here
Terri ‘Detroit’ Hughes presents “Lost Angels” at the University of Minnesota Click Here

Watch LOST ANGELS director Thomas Napper on PBS affiliate KCET TV’s nightly news program, So Cal Connected, discuss the film Click Here

“Lost Angels' Film Puts Human Faces On Homeless Crisis In Los Angeles”, a review of the film in the Huffington Post.

“Grade: A”, a review of LOST ANGELS in CampusCircle.com.

“Lost Angels’ Finds Struggle and Grace Among Skid Row’s Homeless”, a review of the film on TakePart.com.

“Reel to Reel On Skid Row”, a review of the film and reminisce published in the L.A. Times’ by Steve Lopez, the Times’ reporter and author of the book about the Julliard-trained homeless man who was the inspiration for the Robert Downey film ‘The Soloist.’

“LOST ANGELS: The true story behind The Soloist hits the big screen”, an in-depth interview with LOST ANGELS producer Gary Foster. www.MovieMaker.com.

Listen to Pacifica Radio host Sonali Kolhatkar (KPFK 90.7FM) interview Thomas Napper, Director of Lost Angels, and Donna Gallup, Executive Director of Lamp Community about LOST ANGELS.

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BBC Radio interview with Thomas Napper




Interview with Director Thomas Napper in LA Weekly.
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    Lost Angel's Linda Harris joins Skid Row karaoke. "At skid row karaoke, they are all songs of hope"
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LOST ANGELS alongside with ‘GLEE’ and ‘Mad Men’ wins VOICE Award from SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

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Downtown Los Angeles has been a favored filming location since the days of the silent movies. But rarely do filmmakers get a chance to shine a spotlight on people who actually live on its streets, especially in a 50-block area known as skid row. – Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times

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The People

...puts a human face on these so readily dismissed individuals that inhabit the Skid Row area...

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The Film

Although its stated purpose is to reduce crime in the area, for many the program is nothing more than officially sanctioned class warfare.

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The Filmmakers

Sometimes you just know when something's not right. You see it, or hear it, and you know instinctively there's something missing.

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LOST ANGELS - skid row is my home

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"Humanistic portrait of Los Angeles' Skid Row"

Narrated by Catherine Keener, LOST ANGELS: SKID ROW IS MY HOME takes an uncompromising yet life-affirming look at the lives of eight remarkable individuals--people who have found a way to make a life for themselves within the community of homelessness. The film shows how their descent into society’s basement has been exacerbated by the forces of gentrification and the increasing criminalization of homeless people, while exposing the draconian changes to the mental health care system that have brought us here.

With the support of a vast array of advocates, especially the services of Lamp Community, the mission featured in the Jamie Foxx/ Robert Downey Jr. film, THE SOLOIST, many residents of Skid Row have found a way to stick together and fight back.

Directed by Thomas Napper, LOST ANGELS demonstrates how proactive approaches to homelessness–most specifically that of providing housing–are helping many to recover from mental illness and substance abuse and to find stability. For many, Skid Row is, perhaps improbably, the last place to find refuge and build a life of meaning…proving that sometimes home is where the help is.

Coming soon to select theaters.

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Reviews

“Lost Angels' Film Puts Human Faces On Homeless Crisis In Los Angeles”
"LOST ANGELS: The true story behind The Soloist hits the big screen"
'Lost Angels' "Finds Struggle and Grace Among Skid Row’s Homeless"
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