Combining music, text, still photography, and film to shine a sympathetic light on Canada’s urban dispossessed, The Homeless Project is the third in composer, guitarist Tony Wilson’s series of projects addressing pressing social issues. The original project, A Day’s Life (2015), dealt with drug addiction and Looking Back (2019) addressed child abuse. Wilson, who lived on the DTES back in the day, has assembled a remarkable line up of collaborators for this very personal project.
Patsy Klein vocals
Cole Schmidt guitars
James Meger bass
Josh Zubot violin
Jp Carter trumpet
Kenton Loewen drums
Michael McNamara narration
Film maker Michael McKinlay
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Apr 25
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VIFF Centre, VIFF Cinema
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