Just Getting By—a new documentary film be Bess O'Brien illuminates the lives of many Vermonters throughout the state who are struggling with food and housing insecurity.
Vermont has the second highest rate of homeless people in the United States, right after California. 1/3 of Vermonters struggle to put food on the table. These are big issues for a small state.
Just Getting By focuses on these issues in the lives of everyday Vermonters.
The film tells the stories of working families, folks who are homeless and needing to access food shelves and soup kitchens. The film focuses on people who are living in the temporary hotel/motel program, New Americans grappling with the cost of living in America, native people trying to make their way through innovative farming and folks on the ground providing services to their fellow Vermonters in need.
Just Getting By explores the day to day challenges and incredible resiliency that low-income Vermonters bear witness to every day.
The film sheds light on an often hidden Vermont population persevering against all odds to feed and house themselves and their families.