POOR Magazine and Green Diamond Projects present Crushing Wheelchairs at UCLA Nimoy Theater

Crushing Wheelchairs is a feature film that follows a group of poor people living in a homeless community as they struggle to find hope amid gentrification, domestic violence and the growing brutality of the forces that surround them.

The film features a cast of both currently and formerly unhoused residents who are members of POOR Magazine, an Oakland arts and activism collective.

Inspired by the actors’ real life stories, Crushing Wheelchairs incorporates elements of magical realism, poetry and folklore to examine the causes and harsh realities of homelessness, told directly by the people who struggle against it everyday.