HELLBOUND? DIRECTOR KEVIN MILLER LAUNCHES UNIQUE FUNDRAISING
CAMPAIGN FOR DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ABBOTSFORD’S HOMELESS CHICKEN
MANURE FIASCO
Vancouver, Sept. 17, 2013 – Hellbound? filmmaker Kevin Miller has
launched a unique crowd-funding campaign to finance post-production
on a new film called The 5&2, which he shot last summer amidst
the City of Abbotsford’s questionable attempt to disperse a homeless
camp by dumping chicken manure on the site. The film takes its
name from an innovative ministry to the homeless and other
marginalized people in Abbotsford called “The 5&2.”
Calling the film an “accidental documentary,” Miller says he
just happened to be filming a profile of 5&2 founder Ward Draper
when news of the chicken manure situation broke.
Operating as a one-man crew, Miller followed the story as it
developed over the next several weeks, which included a class
action lawsuit against the City of Abbotsford, an internal investi-
gation into police actions against homeless property and a
heated battle between the Abbotsford Downtown Business Asso-
ciation and Abbotsford Community Services, which is seeking
to build a low-barrier, transitional housing facility for men who
struggle with addiction. As it turns out, two of the leading
spokespeople advocating on behalf of the homeless during
this time were the very people Miller set out to profile—Ward
Draper and Jesse Wegenast of the 5&2.
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