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Purchase

Available for educational institutions for $100 (includes public performance license) plus $10 shipping and handling payable to Skylight Pictures.
Purchase Orders can be e-mailed to Sally Eberhardt . Individuals and community groups wishing to purchase the film should contact Peter Kinoy .


Film Details

Released: 1990
Running Time: 1 hour

Credits

Produced and directed by Pamela Yates and Peter Kinoy

Educational Resources

Takeover

“TAKEOVER is meant to be a polemical call to action, not a dispassionate study of homelessness...tough, effective, compliment to the number of commercial films on the subject...a deftly edited collage.”
- The New York Times, October 2, 1991

Takeover

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On May 1st, 1990, homeless people in eight cities around the country seized empty (HUD) federal housing simultaneously. It was the first national coordinated homeless housing takeover ever. Skylight Pictures followed the takeovers with 12 crews in the eight cities, documenting the secret planning, the illegal occupations, and the hopeful aftermath of this bold endeavor. An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, broadcast on PBS on the P.O.V. series. Released theatrically at The Film Forum (New York City).

“It’s as exciting as a war movie, tender in all the right places, and makes terrific use of music...”
- Rock & Roll Confidential, March 1991

“Takeover [is] a stunning, hard-hitting and thought-provoking visual and verbal statement about the homeless and not-so-hapless in America”
- The Hollywood Reporter, April 23, 1991

Three Stars ***
- New York Newsday, October 1, 1991

“Proclaimed by all our reviewers as the best pro-active anti-poverty film in this guide...an empowering piece...TAKEOVER should be included in any screening focusing on the homeless.”
- Media Network/Anti-Poverty Media Guide, Fall 1991