Inside Akron's Tent City (2019) Screening and Panel Discussion

Official selection for the 43rd Cleveland International Film Festival, A web series filmed by a local group of filmmakers that details the battle in Akron over a radical but ever so human approach to homelessness. The Nightlight is premiering their full-length documentary for the first time in the city of Akron. (45 MINS)

Shot on an iPhone 7+ for less than $1K, “Inside Akron’s Tent City” documents a local homeless community’s attempt to self-organized and the Akron city government’s efforts to displace them. Juxtaposing interviews with city officials and the houseless residents of the tent community, the documentary subverts stereotypes and humanizes a marginalized portion of American society.

The Nightlight and PressureLife Magazine will be hosting a panel discussion with filmmaker Kevin Naughton, host/writer Jason Dunlap, Sage Lewis, and Akron City Councilman Zack Milkovich.

Further details to be announced as well. We are honored to premiere this documentary, filmed right in our back yards, a glimpse into a struggle that most of us overlook.