Thanks to the support from Al Jazeera’s Contrast VR and AJ+, which published four of our Homeless Realities stories on their Facebook pages, those pieces have been viewed 1.5 2 million times in just about a week.
You can see the pieces, which Contrast VR edited based on storyboards and scripts from the participants and students, embedded below.
Homeless, Not Hopeless | My People, Our Stories: Los Angeles
January 26, 2019
Love on the Streets | My People, Our Stories: Los Angeles
January 27, 2019
Living by the River Bed | My People, Our Stories: Los Angeles
February 2, 2019
Always on the Move | My People, Our Stories: Los Angeles
February 3, 2019
UPDATE:
Contrast VR tested translating two of the videos into Arabic and they also generated more than 500,000 views, bringing up the total (as of now) to 2 MILLION views.
- Angela’s video (159K): https://www.facebook.com/aljazeerachannel/videos/2229167273962308/
- Tim and Daisy’s video: (382K views): https://www.facebook.com/aljazeerachannel/videos/283844248942988/
