Opening "Poverty in Chicago" PBS Documentary Drugs Addiction

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June 28, 2007, 10P.M.
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May 17, 2007, 9 P.M.
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March 15th, 2007, 11 P.M.

Poverty in Chicago is a full-length documentary that takes a raw look at the conditions experienced by Chicago's estimated 110,000 homeless inhibitors. The film tracks the director Brian Schodorf's personal exploration of the overwhelming urban homeless problem Schodorf began to learn about upon moving to Chicago from his former home in Wichita, Kansas. Schodorf takes the viewer into the lives of nearly 15 homeless men currently living on the streets, concentrating around Chicago's South Loop. This film is an exploration of how the drug afflicted homeless population affects society as a whole with exclusive interviews from many of Chicago`s most respected experts and lawmakers. Those interviewed include Senator Jacqueline Collins, Alderman Toni Preckwinkle, Director of Chicago Recovery Alliance Dan Bigg, and well as professors from Columbia College, University of Chicago, and Chicago State to name a few. Schodorf's developed relationship with the men allows the viewer to get a true inside look at what life is like as a permanent resident of the streets. I've told you, now I'm gonna show you,' says one homeless man who leads Schodorf and his crew through the most crime infested areas of Chicago's south and west inside the drug trade itself. Real and uncensored, the film addresses the problems most members of society ignore on a daily basis. It shows all aspects of the drug problem from 50-year-old panhandlers to suburban teens who stick themselves with the same needles. Poverty in Chicago shows how homelessness effects us all.

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[armjoint1]

I hate to tell these people, but Detroit is worse than Chicago. I know, I lived in Detroit years ago.

[frmertd]

Go to school, join the military and get them to pay for your college. There are LOTS of ways out of the getto, but people just want to wallow in their failure and blame everyone but themselves for their failures.

They say stupid things like "it's the polices' fault I'm a junkie" no it's YOUR FAULT.

[Tivowatch23]

Im glad I don't live near a shit hole like this

[TheKerryzzz]

Its a shame to get to that point in life and not be able to pull yourself up out of it !!

[tateavery21]

Yo i know this is no joke. I saw it all day and ev day when i was born and raised in englewood. 63rd/ashland area

[cainamdead]

There is a man I see when I pass on the street. I've seen him every single time. Begging and pleading. Like he has no hope for himself. It's terrible to watch. It's on Belmont&Kimball; Blue line stop in Chicago.

[ChiTownfool]

you don't live there either so don't act all hard.....dumb ass

[rottenapplez]

nope

[mahognee]

thiz is so sad..the person under me is an ass hole..yez itz their fault but you have no idea what they go trough everyday...u try living in the wellz or ickies and see what we have to go through everyday...everyday is a struggle for us...and people like u put us down but one day we are going to overcome this!!

[bodyrott100]

hahaha whats with the slow sad music?

trying make me feel sorry for them, hahaha no way they needa get up