Homeskillet (2014)

While volunteering at a homeless shelter Maggies upper middleclass world shifts when Alysha a teen mom barges into her life Awakened to the issue of homelessness Maggie becomes determined to try to make a difference When a congressman reintroduces a bill called 4 Walls and a Roof which makes it a right of every American to have shelter Maggie decides to take action and goes on a protest hunger strike As her health declines family and friends grow desperate to understand her extreme action and try to stop her Firsttime film director phiAMMA also wrote this timely story and is spearheading a movement to create a real 4 Walls bill to bring greater attention to the homeless problem in America and to help make shelter a basic right for all