Homelessness at Christmas - Foundation of Project
Jonathan Pie is a fictitious British news reporter who makes video clips in which he rants about the state of politics of both the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
I came across a video of his in which he tackles the topic of government involvement in the solving of the homeless crisis in London, he described it as a "societal failure".
He starts the video by stating a list of statistics and factual information explaining the structural inadequacies that perpetuates the homeless society in a forever declining state.
"Homelessness funding has halved while it (homelessness) has doubled". Perhaps what makes this video evermore interesting is the fact that he is a real human reading this, not a desensitised reporter. After reading such horrendous statistics, he takes a minute and asks the camera crew if what he is reading is indeed correct, as he is shocked to find out that he is part of such society, saying that if this seems normal, we must be "morally bankrupt".
This video came to be the building block of our project as his contrast of governmental failure and humanistic help is really at the core of what we try to portray here. The quote that is central to this, due to its inclusiveness of all aspects (the homeless, the government and the citizens of the city), is as followed ;
watch full video here :
Jonathan Pie - Homeless at Christmas
by Céline Mercier
I came across a video of his in which he tackles the topic of government involvement in the solving of the homeless crisis in London, he described it as a "societal failure".
He starts the video by stating a list of statistics and factual information explaining the structural inadequacies that perpetuates the homeless society in a forever declining state.
"Homelessness funding has halved while it (homelessness) has doubled". Perhaps what makes this video evermore interesting is the fact that he is a real human reading this, not a desensitised reporter. After reading such horrendous statistics, he takes a minute and asks the camera crew if what he is reading is indeed correct, as he is shocked to find out that he is part of such society, saying that if this seems normal, we must be "morally bankrupt".
This video came to be the building block of our project as his contrast of governmental failure and humanistic help is really at the core of what we try to portray here. The quote that is central to this, due to its inclusiveness of all aspects (the homeless, the government and the citizens of the city), is as followed ;
"Funding is being cut, so it's getting worse, if it's worse it's getting more visible, if it's more visible then I have to do more to try and ignore it, to go on with my day, ultimately making me part of the problem".
watch full video here :
Jonathan Pie - Homeless at Christmas
by Céline Mercier
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