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.

70 mins
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.

Eddy Moretti

Executive Producer

Brent Renaud

Producer

Craig Renaud

Producer

Jason Mojica

Executive Producer

Michael Kenneth Williams

Executive Producer

Martina Veltroni

Executive Producer

Shane Smith

Executive Producer

Suroosh Alvi

Executive Producer

Andre Evans

Supervising Editor

Erik Schuiten

Recording Supervision

Sunny Sawhney

Online Editor

Craig Renaud

Director of Photography

Brent Renaud

Director of Photography

Amman Abbasi

Original Music Composer

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