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Home Safe Toronto

Directed by Laura Sky
Canada, 2009 (documentary, 96 minutes, colour, English)

Film Description:
"Home Safe Toronto is the second in the SkyWorks series of documentaries that deals with how Canadian families live with the threat and the experience of homelessness. It shows how the housing crisis in Canada is an expression of the increasing economic and job insecurity that has devastated the manufacturing sector in the Greater Toronto Area and throughout southern Ontario. The film reveals the consequences of this 'new economy,' where families surviving on low wages with no benefits, or on dwindling social assistance, are faced with the terrible choice between keeping a roof over their heads or putting food on the table. [...]"
-- V tape (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Production Company: SkyWorks Charitable Foundation
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