“Here for Life” takes an unusual approach to storytelling. It is less a narrative than a montage
HOMELESSNESS IN BRITAIN has risen sharply in the past decade. The number of rough sleepers has increased by 165% since 2010; according to Shelter, a charity, 320,000 people qualify as homeless, with an additional 36 people losing permanent accommodation every day. Some cities,, have pledged to end rough sleeping by 2020. But many of the underlying causes—including rent hikes, cuts to welfare, lack of social housing and addiction—persist.
Yet , and it sometimes blurs the line between reality and fiction. Errol, the most articulate member of this group, is shown stealing a bicycle and then being bundled into the back of a police van. This scene is engineered for the benefit of the film, though the police officers and the arrest are real: it is his own bike, and he is demonstrating to a small crowd in Brixton how a theft might be done. As a result his protests are theatrical, and he plays his situation for laughs.
The unnamed play is simple but touching, clearly drawing on the experiences of its participants. The drama’s main theme is redemption. A man gets a job working for a delivery company. The horse on which his earnings depend is stolen. This prompts him to think about theft. Mr Jackson says the viewer sees “something of the cycle of oppression to which the poor are subjected, and how it affects the man’s life and his family.
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