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It Was a Wonderful Life

It Was a Wonderful Life

1992Movie⏱️ 1h 22m
Documentary
7.2
IMDB Rating
158 votes

Feature-length documentary deals with homeless women, once secure in their middle-class status, who through divorce, misfortune, or circumstances were reduced to living on the street.

Director
Michèle Ohayon
Writers
N/A
Stars
Jodie Foster, Lou Hall, Reena Sands
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 1
Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 10
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
as Self - Narrator
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Lou Hall
as Self
👤
Reena Sands
as Self (Ronella)
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Josephine
as Self
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Marie
as Self
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Terry
as Self
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Alice
as Self
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Marjorie Bard
as Self - Author, "Shadow Women"
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Jeanette Goldberg
as Self
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Steve Renehan
as Self - City of Los Angeles Housing Authority

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
CineWomen, Jenny Craig Inc., Ridgebury Films

🏷️ Keywords

divorcesingle parentclaim in titlesingle motherhomelessness

🎯 Categories

Documentary

⭐ Featured Review

A 1993 Cross-Section Time Capsule vs Life and Work in 2017
by islandr-444-4125162017-10-04
9/10

"I am Marjorie Bard, the author of the book "Shadow Women: Homeless Women's Survival Stores" (Sheed&Ward 1990/re-released in 2016 by Routledge) from which this doc was made. I understand the comments & questions by previous reviewers. The material is a time capsule; it is now 2017 and there are probably a million undetectable homeless women now roaming the U.S. The middle-class has diminished, job opportunities are tech driven, the COL is higher but wages do not match affordable housing, and domestic abuse is on the rise, causing more female homelessness and even less cou..."

📖 Synopsis

Feature-length documentary deals with homeless women, once secure in their middle-class status, who through divorce, misfortune, or circumstances were reduced to living on the street.