Vanlyfe was born from the personal experiences of an invisibilized community. Many of our cast and crew have been homeless in Los Angeles, some for years on end.
This is our story. It is a story of resistance and solidarity, fraught with many struggles that the unhoused face, from police violence to addiction to mental illness and alienation. More than that, it is a story of the effervescent resistance that exists within these impermanent and persecuted communities.
For many of us, it was not a government program or a non-profit that saved us. It was our communities that lifted us up when the world kicked us down. We hope to remind audiences that a better world is possible through direct, collective action nurtured by the joyful power of community. In our world of plenty, let us have bread as well as roses.
- Elliot & Soph