"We the Tiny House People" trailer

Full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDcVrV...

I stumbled into the Small House Movement by accident of location- my parents live within miles of the tiny house poster boy Jay Shafer and his 89 square foot home-, but within a couple of years I had become a part of it as one of the few, and perhaps only, videographers documenting small shelters on a regular basis. When I first interviewed Shafer, he was one of just a handful of "Tiny House People" visible to the press. In the past 3 years I've helped turn a handful of inhabitants of small shelters into micro-celebrities (currently, 5 of my tiny home videos have over 1 million views; a couple have more than 3 million).

After filming hundreds of hours of tape, I am now telling my version on the tiny house story in the forth-coming documentary We the Tiny House People (Release date: April 23, 2012). I'm reluctant to claim there's some sort of magic in small abodes- I'm sure some people are watching simply for the "house porn" (as Shafer describes it)-, but it's obvious these stripped-down shelters reveal for us the essence of home, and for many, make it a bit easier to "suck the marrow out of life".

More info on original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/...

Music credits:
Opening/closing track by Sivia- http://siviasivia.tumblr.com/
Down the Rabbit Hole by Dave Warstler- http://www.davewarstler.com/

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[FurryKing19]

can I get a link to the song they play (tame me down the rabbit ho9le).. that is if it is a song outside the video

[kirstendirksen]

There's a link in the text to the musician's website (Dave Warstler).

[RichGyrl2]

I really love the concept behind the tiny houses at first you think it's kinda crazy, but then I understand that a lot of space is really unnecessary and just what the media and society judges is by. Like the bigger the house the richer you are. Now I'm very interested in getting one when I go off to college!!

[leekovic84]

Very inspiring, especially inner most house.

[eastrockaway11518]

Hobo's paradise .... Who needs a train

[wingmanalive]

We all live above what we need. We like space cause it makes us feel richer.

[Vydra06]

Couldn't hear half the people talking over the music. :(

[mpoulin]

The Kindle is the perfect library solution for this lifestyle.

[Heylel444]

You know who has the tiniest house of them all? Oscar the Grouch.

[ElnAlter]

Yes, people like to buy different things with their money. Does it make sense that everyone has to buy what you tell them to? Don't be a faggot

[22centman36]

kirsten i can totally picture this film being shown in art theaters around the world. I'd pay to see it.

[cantstandcraig2]

I really loved your video. I built a 11 by 12 tiny home on my property on a hill. It is 13 feet high with a small loft bed. I didn't use as much recycled materials as I would have liked, but did use some. The total cost was about 2500 dollars. It is fully insulated and takes about 20 minutes to raise the temperature 10 degrees with a tiny little electric heater. I use the tiny house as an art studio. Thanks again for putting together such a good video.