CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 1h 24m

Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels

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

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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.

Directed byAaron Shipp

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 24m
Language
EN
Released
December 30, 2017

Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring

Roark Moody

Self

Wayne Cohen

Self

Darryl Schlin

Self

Kevin Trainor

Self

Mike Bush

Self

Larry Moody

Self

Jay Bomberg

Self

Charles Koch

Self

Tyrone Boulware

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Aaron Shipp
Produced by
Deb Eschweiler

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