Featured Project: Young & Homeless Series

Becoming Homeless

Part 1 of the Young & Homeless Series

About this Series

This summer, Digital Dove students interviewed four people who had been in their position years or even just months before: young and homeless. Their interviewees had all stayed at Covenant House CA as teenagers or in their early 20s, and gradually, painstakingly found ways out of homelessness. The class developed a long list of interview questions; picked a ‘look’ for the interviews (based on the documentary “Restrepo”); and occupied all the key crew positions: director, camera, sound, and editor. The result is an fascinating series of web segments on how young people become homeless; what it’s like living in a shelter; and ways out of homelessness. Congratulations to the Summer 2011 class for their amazing work!