Venice Beach - Homeless Crisis in Paradise | The House Band | ENDEVR Documentary

This documentary follows the increasing economic divide through the lens of Jacob and his four homeless bandmates, who have become the house band for a hip eatery on the Venice Beach Boardwalk.

I think a lot of people forget that middle class people are closer to houselessness than we ever will be to the rich.

You know something is pretty special when it touches your soul. This documentary did exactly that.

I used to work in rapid rehousing as a social worker. I've met some truly incredible people. Thank you for putting this out into the world.

It was '67 - '68, Venice Beach where I met Carlos Santana and his brother and we all joined in and kept time with anything that made a noise. Later we watched, as POP burned, late at night. I met Laurence Ferlinghetti that same year in SF. I was 13, homeless and doing just fine. Got work, as a runner, for a law office......I was 14 by then. Now when the young leave home it's drugs and abuse. These guys are so solid.....everyone should be fortunate just to know one of them. This is BEST Venice Beach, Homeless video, ever. No one could top this.......very engaged and transparent, thank you so much.

Jacob is extremely concise and well spoken. Amazing.

This video should be a award winner! It is so well made I can't believe I found it just sitting here on YouTube like this. Jacob is a fantastic poet he has such heart and what he says he is living the life and he's narrating it in such poetic beauty, it goes so well with the sound of the ocean in the background . Being without a home has advantages sometimes but most of the time it is a hardcore struggle.I don't know what it's like to be without a home on the beachfront but in the desert it's a whole another story. I truly believe that there could be no other video the shows the intensity of the struggle America with the homelessness, the shelterless people. Jacob has put a very positive twist to this whole thing by the way he speaks I'm in love with him totally!

This documentary deeply touched me. It's so sad to see the homeless struggling to survive, even sadder to see those who were once at the top lose it all. He said some very wise things, especially at the end, "even a mayfly is not forgotten." He's a man of faith who has a gift for intellectual poetry.

There are some incredibly smart, thoughtful, and amazing humans who are homeless. Can be such a sad world. Thanks for sharing!

We all pray that we would never end up homeless,a lost of hope and despair. Until you experience it,we should never judge others.

Respect to Dave for having an incredible compassion and love for these guys. Good luck Jacob. I hope you find your happiness and peace. Amazing story of friendships in the midst of difficulties.

At 1:18:12 😮 that’s heartbreaking what Jacobs father said… THAT comment he made about the pictures hanging on the wall 😳 gives great insight to Jacobs trauma. So sad. Absolutely amazing documentary. Unless you’ve been homeless…you have no idea how soul crushing it truly is. Jacob is a talented writer, I wish him success. ❤God Bless the meek and homeles

If they can send billions overseas there is absolutely no reason why any one should be homeless in America. I couldn't watch this because I'm sickened by what has happened to this country.

Am 74, born Santa Monica to parents who were surfers whose ocean dreams took me here and there. But never forgot how in the 50's Venice was a worthless dump. It is shocking to see what our world has turned into, especially since the lockdowns, where human life is no longer valued. And now without family or saving, living hand to mouth, this documentary brings up my own fears around aging in world that mostly does not care. The elderly are of no value as shown here.

So happy that Jacob saw his father

I was close friend with Dave Waller and this is how I found out he passed away this is terrible I was the one that fixed bikes on the boardwalk down by Westminster from 2008 to 2013 I will miss him and the rest of the boardwalk I've only been able to visit once in the last 10 years and it just changed a lot I remember back in the old days in 95 I worked there as a tattoo artist and I would go down to rocking music at the Pavilion that's what the cop station is now there was a lot more grass back in the old days beautiful

I have ADHD like crazy and this documentary kept me engage the whole time. Good job ENDEVR

everyone who lives paycheck to paycheck is just 1 unfortunate moment from being homeless…i was homeless at one point in my life and luckily i had a vehicle to live in..took me over a year to save up and get my own place with a bit of luck..id like to see all these rich people live 30 days as a homeless person and i bet all of them would get what is needed to build enough homes to get all the homeless off the street after the 30 days was over..you cant live another persons life till you lived it yourself and experience what their going through

as an american, i am ashamed that my country turns its back on the unhoused. it is a human right to be housed and as a wealthy country there is no excuse for people to not have a place to live

The richstes country in world yet still dont have a social network that prevants people from homlessness and give them an dignity live