Wastings & Pain (Full Film)

Filmed over the course of one summer in 2008. Photographer K.R.T. shot countless hours of mostly random and seemingly pointless footage of longtime homeless, east side local Ken. K.R.T. met struggling editor, wanna-be filmmaker Josh Laner at a local pot smoking dive just on the opposite side of the alley all this footage was being shot in around the same time. K.R.T. admitted to having no direction for the footage he was shooting and surrendered all the footage to Josh. After transcribing every second and re-watching the footage until there was a connection made to these subjects Josh had never met he began the task of editing it into a coherent story. 8 months into editing Josh finally got the courage to seek out Ken and his main accomplice Lisa to let them know he was working on a documentary about their lives. Ken and Lisa were immediately open and receptive to this project being done though neither has seen the finished product to my knowledge.

In 2010 the Bruxelles Fiction & Documentary Festival awarded "Wastings & Pain" a Special mention award. The film also received the Royal Reel Award in film making from the Canada International Film Festival.

Thanks to Ken and Lisa and everyone else portrayed in this film. Thanks to K.R.T. for filming this claustrophobic and intimate footage. Thanks to Brad Laner for such a great original soundtrack.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• wastings
• and
• pain
• brad
• laner
• josh
• vancouver
• downtown
• east
• side
• canada
• documentary

[YouAndOpenFlames]

This documentary is awesome. I can't believe that it's only had 3500 views.

[zamboni5000]

@YouAndOpenFlames Thank you for those kind words. Honestly I'm amazed and humbled that it's had this many views.

[TheAnonredpill]

I remember the original creator of these videos. He had an awesome Youtube page but it's now gone. You know if he has a new one?

[zamboni5000]

@TheAnonredpill Part of our deal when he gave me the footage to make the film was that the raw footage would no longer live on YouTube and that he would not technically "own" the footage any longer. I don't know if he has a new channel and if he does it shouldn't have any of the raw footage from this film.

[sunset40ify]

Pixie, STOP having Babies!!! They didn't ask to be born.

[zamboni5000]

@sunset40ify First off: you know you're replying to a YouTube video that Pixie will most likely never see, right? Secondly: no one asks to be born, that would be physically impossible.

[mark84j]

@mark84j You've captured the REAL in the situation, and you didn't have to fabricate your own personal opinion in order to come off as an intrigued film maker. You truly care about these people, even without inserting yourself into the film. "Streets of Plenty" suffered greatly because the narrator made the movie about his own self, while at the same time you, sir, have made the film center around the true source.

I commend you. Rock on.

[zamboni5000]

@TheIceman515069 LOL I can also assure everyone that he was not a Hollywood producer, lol.

Sadly I have not seen Ken in his normal hang-outs for several months now and no one seems to know where or what he's doing now.

[Megadane]

So well done..I feel Ken and Lisa were captured living their life in a most respect way, bringing attention to such a horrible problem while still keeping the people relatable. I commend your effort and find myself thinking a lot about Lisa. I'm fortunate to never have experienced the hell that she has, but she is articulate, smart and I wish I could help her. I think if a YouTube documentary inspires people to help you've done a really, really good job.

[JJRR313]

i feel so lucky that i'm from a peaceful and loving family so i have the chance to finish my post-secondary education and will never fell to some kind of life like this...

[sunset40ify]

and yes, I know that she ( Pixie) will never get to read this, but I can still voice my opinion.She has nothing to be bragging about!

[sunset40ify]

Maybe before you have more sex PIXIe, you might want to try some birth control first, Have some respect.I can bet that you have all children in care and all of them have different fathers!!! Disgusting on your part. get a grip women.