Walking Through Wonderland

The animated short entitled Walking Through Wonderland captures a glimpse of youth homelessness in a surreal and edgy manner. Framed around two characters building a friendship on the street, this
artistic work highlights the dualisitic nature of youth homeless culture - on one hand
there is a sense of community and safety; on the other hand, many of these
young people have experienced traumatic family pasts and exploitative street
encounters. The film was funded by The Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council and is loosely based on health focused research carried out by Drs.
Jeff Karabanow and Jean Hughes of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bryan Hofbauer and Derek Jessome developed the film in collaboration with a
group of youth who have experienced homelessness.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• youth homelessness
• karabanow
• hughes
• jessome
• hofbauer
• canadian street youth
• street-involved youth
• causes & roots of homelessness
• youth and community building
• mental health
• substance abuse

[dreamingpixles]

Saw this in Anthro class today, shown to us by a guest lecturer (Dr. Karabanow). It's interesting both in the context of their work, but also a piece of work in it's own right.

Is it bad that I think "coffee for bums" is a pretty cool business and/or band name?

[11372danny]

i know like this but idk what i can do for them

[VikiV403]

Thank you for bringing this out into the open

[Estraven53]

Great video. Thanks for posting this.

The Task Force did a report on LGBTQ youth "Of the estimated 1.6 million homeless American youth, about 40 percent identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT).

26 percent of LGBT teens who came out to their parents/guardians were told they must leave home; they also leave home due to physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Also, LGBT youth report they are threatened, belittled and abused at shelters by staff as well as other residents."