Reel Causes was gracious enough to provide us with complimentary tickets and we figured this was a great opportunity to support the work of Our Homes Can't Wait!
By purchasing your tickets through this page, you will also receive a Pivot branded beautiful and reusable glass water bottle!
There are limited tickets so don't miss your opportunity to support the incredible work of Our Homes Can't Wait and catch a modern-day David and Goliath story, set against the backdrop of North America’s housing crisis.
Our Homes Can’t Wait (OHCW) organizes on the stolen and unsurrendered territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). As an organization that struggles for secure homes for all people living on unceded First Nations’ territories, they recognize and honour the inherent rights of Indigenous peoples to govern their lands and resources.
OHCW is a coalition of Downtown Eastside organizations and allies that struggle for universal and decommodified housing, free from unjust surveillance and management. They centre human dignity and interests over private property and profit. They fight to create a world where all people have safe, dignified and permanent accommodation, regardless of their income or status in society.
In October 2020, a carpenter named Khaleel Seivwright drove to a remote area of a Toronto park to build a small, insulated shelter. On the front of the shelter, he posted two signs: “Anyone is Welcome,” and the details of a GoFundMe page dedicated to raising money to build more. His idea is simple: to provide unhoused people outside in the winter with insulated shelter that would keep them safe and warm.
The project attracted international attention and donations to the GoFundMe surged. Before long, city officials took issue, and sent Khaleel a cease and desist letter. Undeterred, Khaleel continues building and does his best to convince the world that his shelters are a viable interim measure for people living outside in the cold.
Narrated by Taka, a woman living in one of Khaleel’s tiny shelters in Toronto’s Alexandra Park, Someone Lives Here captures a crucial chapter in the battle for the soul of a city.
