About
EYESTEELFILM is a documentary film and interactive media company dedicated to using cinema as a catalyst for social and political change. Our mandate is to create and distribute films that empower people who are ignored by mainstream media.
EyeSteelFilm was founded through making films with the homeless community. Daniel Cross’s gritty street trilogy (Danny Boy, 1993; The Street: a film with the homeless, 1996; SPIT: Squeegee Punks in Traffic, 2002) chronicled a generation of Canadians lost to social funding cuts, political apathy, alcoholism and drug use. These films provided a template for using engaged cinéma-vérité and interactivity for empowerment and change. With SPIT: Squeegee Punks in Traffic, the camera was given to a street kid named Roach, who at the time was living on the streets of Montreal. Over the three years it took to make the film, Roach transformed from drug-addicted street kid to filmmaker and has gone on to direct the documentaries Roachtrip, Punk le Vote!, and the upcoming Les Tickets. Our website HomelessNation.org continues to help those in the homeless community tell their own stories.
EyeSteelFilm has branched out to make films on diverse, compelling topics, such as the multiple award-winning Rip! A Remix Manifesto, a look at remixing and copyright in the digital age; teens coming of age in a small Inuit village (Inuuvunga I am Inuk I am Alive); and a series of films chronicling modern life in China (Bone, 2005; Chairman George, 2006; Up the Yangtze, 2007). Up the Yangtze grossed close to 1.5 million dollars in North American box office, one of the year’s top documentary releases. The film also won dozens of awards, such as the Genie (Canada’s Oscar) for Best Documentary.
Over the years, EyeSteelFilm has collaborated with a wide range of partners including: The National Film Board of Canada, CBC, CTV, BBC, ZDF/ARTE, PBS and ITVS. In 2009, EyeSteelFilm was listed as a Realscreen magazine “Global 100” company.
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- September 3, 2010
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- September 17, 2010
- LastTrainHome at Nuart Thea CALastTrainHome at Nuart Thea CAPublic Screening Nuart Theatre, West Los Angeles, California September 17 - 23 all day
- LastTrainHome at E Street WALastTrainHome at E Street WAPublic Screening E Street Cinema, Washington, Washington D.C Starts September 17 all day
- LastTrainHome at Regal West CALastTrainHome at Regal West CAPublic Screening Regal Westpark 8, Irvine, California Starts September 17 all day
- LastTrainHome at Nuart Thea CA
- September 24, 2010
- LastTrainHome at Camera3 CALastTrainHome at Camera3 CAPublic Screening Camera 3, San Jose, California Starts September 24 all day
- LastTrainHome at SF CALastTrainHome at SF CAPublic Screening Landmark\\\'s Theatre, San Francisco, California Starts September 24 all day
- LastTrainHome at Lark Thea CALastTrainHome at Lark Thea CAPublic Screening Lark Theater, Larkspur, California Starts September 24 all day
- LastTrainHome at Berkeley CALastTrainHome at Berkeley CAPublic Screening Landmark\'s Shattuck Theatre, Berkeley, California Starts September 24 all day
- LastTrainHome at Camera3 CA
- October 1, 2010
- LastTrainHome at Portland MELastTrainHome at Portland MEPublic Screening Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine October 1 - 3 all day
- LastTrainHome at Camelot Th CALastTrainHome at Camelot Th CAPublic Screening Camelot Theatres, Palm Springs, California Starts October 1 all day
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- LastTrainHome at Kendall Sq MALastTrainHome at Kendall Sq MAPublic Screening Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, Massachusetts Starts October 1 all day
- LastTrainHome at Portland ME
