Shelter
“For the first time in close to a decade, chronic homelessness is on the rise in America. With affordable housing facing a crunch, it's harder than ever for young families to cope. Still, some find the support they need.”
2017•NR•1h 10m•4.5•Released
Documentary
At the Covenant House, located on the outskirts of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, the doors never close, and there is always room for one more. On any given day, a constant stream of young people carrying everything they own in plastic garbage bags fills the courtyard. The prospective residents are just teenagers, but have already been labeled drug addicts, schizophrenics, criminals and outcasts. As one staff member puts it, “the most damaged population of youth that exists in society today”. Filming over the course of a full year, brothers Brent and Craig Renaud tell the raw and emotional stories of the incredible kids who seek shelter at the Covenant House, and the staff struggling to work miracles everyday on their behalf.
Languages
English
Studio
VICE Media
Production
Company
VICE Media
Producer
Brent Renaud
Producer
Craig Renaud
Recommended
6.4
Hell House
2001
8
My Mom Jayne
2025
6.2
Elstree 1976
2015
7.1
Amazing Grace
2018
7.2
180° South
2010
8.4
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
2026
8.4
Gleason
2016
7
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
2006
7.2
56 Up
2012
7.1
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
2026
6.9
Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger
2026
6.9
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
2026
6.4
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
7.3
Three Identical Strangers
2018
6.6
The Secret
2006
7
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022
7.1
The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
2020
6.9
Justin Bieber's Believe
2013
6.4
The Captains
2011
7.8
Live Aid
1985
Similar Movies
7.3
The Ants and the Grasshopper
2021
7.3
Up the Yangtze
2008
A Place For All: MN Community Art Centers
2026
Yu & Me
2026
6.3
Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!
2011
6
The Order of Myths
2008
2
Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story
2012
The Punk of Natashquan
2025
7.5
Cirque du Soleil: Quidam
1999
5.7
Hurricane on the Bayou
2006
7.2
Who Killed the Electric Car?
2006
7.2
Fuel
2008
Anything I Catch
1990
6.7
Your Mommy Kills Animals
2007
6
The Wild Blue Yonder
2005
Whisper to be Heard
2020
7.4
Man on Wire
2008
Chêne de vie : l'amour aux temps du cancer
2025
6.6
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
8.2
Baraka
1992