A reel created to promote the release of Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son, a documentary about the UK’s homelessness crisis directed by Lorna Tucker and produced and distributed by Dartmouth Films.

John Bird, one of the film’s main contributors, became homeless at the age of five and lived in an orphanage between the ages of seven and ten. He spent several spells in prison during his teens and twenties where he learnt to read, write and the basics of printing. In 1991, he co-founded The Big Issue with Gordon Roddick and has since been helping homeless and vulnerable people earn a living, rebuild their lives and find a path to a better future by recruiting them to sell the magazine. In 2015, John was created Baron Bird of Notting Hill. He sits in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher and focuses on dismantling the root causes of poverty in the UK with an emphasis on the well-being of future generations, early intervention and prevention.

This reel was posted as a collaboration with The Big Issue in the lead-up to the film’s sold-out London premiere at the Curzon Soho on 15 February 2024.

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