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Cut & Paste: Documentary "Living In Tents" looks at encampment of homeless in St. Louis

"Living In Tents" chronicles an encampment of homeless people by the St. Louis riverfront.
Courtesy Artica Films
"Living In Tents" chronicles an encampment of homeless people by the St. Louis riverfront.

Paul Crane was scouting sites for an assignment in a photography class in 2010 when he came upon an encampment of homeless people living in tents by the St. Louis riverfront, not far from the Four Seasons hotel. He befriended one of the leaders of the community, and soon set up his own tent there while he shot footage for a documentary film.

Paul Crane said there was a "positive vibe" in the tent city before conditions deteriorated.
Credit Jeremy D. Goodwin | St. Louis Public Radio
Paul Crane said there was a "positive vibe" in the tent city before conditions deteriorated.

The result is “Living In Tents,” which became available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video in August and will be shown at the St. Louis International Film Festival in November.

Crane talks with Cut & Paste about his experiences in this “tent city,” and updates us on how some of the people seen in the film are doing now.

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Jeremy D. Goodwin joined St. Louis Public Radio in spring of 2018 as a reporter covering arts & culture and co-host of the Cut & Paste podcast. He came to us from Boston and the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, where he covered the same beat as a full-time freelancer, contributing to The Boston Globe, WBUR 90.9 FM, The New York Times, NPR and lots of places that you probably haven’t heard of.