"Inside Life Outside" Video Showing by Sachiko Hamada at Taos Jewish Center "Inside Life Outside," a video documentary about the lives of eight homeless people who camp in an empty lot in New York City’s Lower East Side will be shown at the Taos Jewish Center (1335 Gusdorf Rd.), Monday, December 17th at 7pm. Director Sachiko Hamada will introduce the film and answer questions. For 2 ½ years Sachiko Hamada and Scott Sinkler followed the lives of a group of homeless people squatting in shacks made from scrap wood and plastic they called “Shantytown.” The idea for the film began when Hamada, newly arrived in New York, walked by Shantytown and became curious about what they are doing there, and why. The film has received high praise for its intimate look at homeless life on the streets of New York. /New York Times/ reviewer, John J. Connor, called it “an incredibly insightful portrayal.” Produced in 1988, "Inside Life Outside" won numerous awards including USA Film Festival Grand Prize, was invited to Berlin International Film Festival and Whitney' American Museum's 1989 Biennial, and was broadcast on PBS. Director Sachiko Hamada came to Taos as a Wurlitzer Fellow, and is currently the artist-in-residence at the Harwood Museum of Art. She recently published her first novel, “A Forest in F Minor,” a companion to her screenplay, "The Nail That Sticks Up," which was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Council on the Arts. She will be reading from her book on Dec. 6 at 7pm at the Harwood Museum. While in Taos, she is working on a new script. The Taos Jewish Center is pleased to have the opportunity to show this film and host a dialogue with Sachiko Hamada. The TJC will donate a portion of ticket sales to the Taos Coalition to End Homelessness. Tickets are available at the door for a suggested donation of $10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.