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202140 minPGdocumentary

6.3/ 10(135 ratings)• TMDB

Poverty Social Justice

Lead Me Home

202140 minPGdocumentary

6.3/ 10(135 ratings)• TMDB

Powerful stories reveal the harsh realities of West Coast homelessness.

Poverty Social Justice

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Powerful stories reveal the harsh realities of West Coast homelessness.

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Pedro Kos

Pedro Kosdirector

Jon Shenk

Jon Shenkdirector

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Poignant stories of homelessness on the West Coast of the US frame this cinematic portrait of a surging humanitarian crisis.

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