Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels

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Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels (2017)

Directed by Aaron Shipp

“Caged. Invisible. Shamed. Trapped. These words mark the tenants, clerks and even the owners of Chicago's last remaining Singe Room Occupancy (SRO) hotels.”

Documentary · 1h 24m

Caged. Invisible. Shamed. Trapped. These words mark the tenants, clerks and even the owners of Chicago's last remaining Singe Room Occupancy (SRO) hotels. These small spaces are home for many at the bottom of Chicago's housing ladder. Cloaked in darkness and secrecy, these hotels are often maligned as drug dens and havens for prostitution but the people who live, work and own these hotels have never fully shared their stories. Caged Men is a feature-length documentary which examines the disquieting stories of near-homeless Americans living on the margins and their invisibility in a largely indifferent and, at times, hostile community. It attempts to lend a voice to SRO residents, clerks, owners and to the hotels themselves.

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Cast

R
Roark Moody Self
W
Wayne Cohen Self
D
Darryl Schlin Self
K
Kevin Trainor Self
M
Mike Bush Self
L
Larry Moody Self
J
Jay Bomberg Self
C
Charles Koch Self
T
Tyrone Boulware Self

Crew

Director
Aaron Shipp
Editor
Deb Eschweiler, Aaron Shipp
Producer
Deb Eschweiler

Details

Release date
2017-12-30
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America