After decades of relegation to art houses and public television, films like An Inconvenient Truth, Super Size Me, and anything by Michael Moore were suddenly finding an audience and making money. Home is where your family and the people you love are.When Dan Cogan co-founded Impact Partners in 2007 with the goal of making good documentaries that also did good for the world, it was the beginning of what he and others now look back on as the golden age of the form. Hold on.” “But most importantly, you’ll remember this is the year that things for our little family in our own little corner of the world started getting better.” “You OK?” “We’ve always had it hard, but I always would be happy that you have another day, another chance to make it different.” “Never forget that home is not a building. You’ll remember the masks everybody had to wear.” “Give me another one. This is nothing.” “And we are on our first day of distance learning.” “You’ll remember how school was canceled. My little cooker.” “I’m going to be a professional chef.” “That would be nice.” “Right now, it’s a time unlike anything we’ve ever seen.” “You’re not this big, you’re this big.” “People are getting sick, and there’s a lot of people out there that are afraid. And then this is just me on my computer.” “Look at that. And this is Robin kicking around my soccer ball. ![]() And they have the Lego bucket right there. And that’s Mom.” “Beautiful, mama.” “That’s Zeke and Gabe on the bunk beds, playing video games. And this is where we hang up all our pictures that we drew.” “This is the mother in her natural habitat.” “Olé.” “Her species is very known in France.” “In France? Stop.” ”(SINGING) Oh baby, baby. After all these years, waiting on numerous lists, it’s finally your turn.” “I’m the camera guy. “Your positivity and your spirit is always there. I hope you guys don’t remember the stress. You know, when they ask you, ‘Hey, can I have some juice?’ or ‘Can I have something to eat?’ And I don’t have nothing to give you.” “We’d get ready in the bathroom at the rest stop before school and work. You guys that we were just chilling in the car, watching movies at night, and sleeping next to parks.” “It’s miserable being hungry, you know, especially for a kid. There’s a video.” “Going to push you off into the nothingness.” “Our whole goal is to just be those people for you guys that had we had, maybe things would have been different.” “I wish for a flower mate.” “None of you guys really noticed how bad it was. We called it car camping.” “Splash your face.” “Every day, we were going to a new park. We had it in there like Tetris.” “Papa!” “Unbury us.” “I’m buried!” “Get your brothers.” “We never said, like, we’re homeless people sleeping in the car. The system is set up for people to repeat.” “We were living in the car and we had nowhere to go.” “I slept sitting up. But the system is not set up for people to succeed. Where could we get help?” “I always worked hard. ![]() Going in and out of shelters, trying different places. And then we got evicted from that apartment. And then all of a sudden, one day, like, I’m pregnant. We were so excited just to be, like, grownups together in our apartment, all love and sparkles and everything. And I was like, who’s this guy? You know, like. So you know, they give you three hots and a cot.” “He just came over one day and started talking to me. What it was we didn’t have.” “Me and your mom went to Job Corps to better our lives. There you go, nice.” “Your dad and I grew up very similar. It’s about practicing running to the hoop and shooting. I used to worry about where I was going to live, who was going to take care of me.” “It’s not about making it. ![]() Off the backboard, five.” “I can’t really say what a normal childhood would be like because I’ve never seen one. You wouldn’t believe it.” “I just hope that each one of you never forget where you came from.” “You guys being born was the best thing that could ever happen to me.” “All right, daddy. “Cool.” “And it is the middle of the day. You guys have been through so much in your life.” “I’m going to eat it.” “No!” “Being homeless so young.” “Mom, I see a blue heart. “Mom, I’m doing my eyes.” “All right.” “I’ve started this letter for you guys many times.” “Beautiful.” “Say see you.” “See you.” “There’s so much I want to say, it’s hard to know where to start. Transcript What You’ll Remember Stable, affordable housing was out of reach for a San Francisco Bay Area family.
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