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Crushing Wheelchairs

At UCLA Nimoy Theater

Westwood, Los Angeles

🎬"An honest, unvarnished look...always compelling" (Devorah Major)
🌿Mixes poetry and folklore with real-life struggle
🅿️Ample parking behind the theater

Hear homelessness told by those who live it. This feature film by Oakland's POOR Magazine weaves real unhoused stories with magical realism, poetry, and folklore into something raw and unforgettable.

unhoused-led storytelling
magical realism film
social justice cinema
POOR Magazine collective

Friday, December 11, 8:00 PM

$38

What are you into?

  • unhoused-led storytelling
  • magical realism film
  • social justice cinema
  • POOR Magazine collective
  • UCLA Nimoy Theater
  • Westwood
  • Los Angeles

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