My Big Fat Homeless Berkeley Movie pt. 4 of 7

Part 4 of the cult smash, "MBFHBM". In this episode, you'll see Matthew Silver shaking things up on the UC campus and Patrick Lancelin talk about Julia Butterfly Hill.

Filmmaker Biography:
Johnny Allen Shaw was born on the edge of an urban Indian reservation; a latch-key kid and only child to a single mother --- a nurse in a psychiatric hospital. With his grandfather's alcoholism, Johnny left home around age 14 and wandered drunk and homeless from coast to coast for 15 years before he managed to quit drinking, go to college and come up from the streets --- for a minute.

Fully schooled in digital arts and a qualifying musician, Johnny headed back to the streets to find his way --- without alcohol --- and serve as an example to other street people. After experimenting with several ways of "making it" with no place to keep anything, he found that a laptop and camcorder were the only logical things to own due to their portability, re-charge-ability, their general synergy and the fact that their resulting product (video) was also a virtual inventory that could be burned to order right out of the laptop. Here was a walking factory with no overhead.

Now he has two, feature documentaries under his belt, worldwide distribution and the respect of his community. This from the once drunken runaway form the reservation.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• movie
• homeless
• Berkeley
• shaw
• documentary
• experimental
• interview
• California
• film
• real
• reality
• funny
• comedy
• ca
• alameda
• west
• coast
• Josey
• Parrish
• Matthew
• Silver
• Planet
• Julia
• Butterfly
• Hill
• Patrick
• Lancelein
• Zobo

[blackbeltpatriotism]

the guitar and vocals do work well

[Mildewsound]

"the new state of existance ready to solve the last problems of the last 9 thousand years" check it out on 3:07 that's michael D'spasio/mirko lamonte EL ANDROCEFALO the Band. thanks johnny! we love this film from beginning to end.

[Redstrikerlee]

I recorded this crazy guy last year... in the middle of Brooklyn dancing in a Batman costume. Check it out at my channel.

[Suzehomewrecker]

I think I met that guy at a dead show back in 85!!! He was a great dancer then too!!! Thanks for this guys

[melyssacali]

LOL...i wanna see somethin' wacky...right now.i couldn't do that song, it would give me a headache every time:)

[sapiscnn]

hey john

check out sapiscnn

pl

[ciropacor]

ohh wao mirko congratulation for u work my friend.

[inevergiveup1402]

ha ha ha , Matthew, luv how ur always kinda  off the wall ! :-))

[personwithtourettes]

mel gibson