Freedom Sleepers

Focusing on homelessness in Santa Cruz, California, the Freedom Sleepers activists struggle to organize, generate support, and intervene in the face of continual harassment, ticketing, and arrests. Freedom Sleepers documents the pressure and tactics used by the police and city government to discourage protesters fighting for the civil rights of the city’s poorest residents. Arguing that criminalizing people for being homeless is unconstitutional and inhumane, the Freedom Sleepers believe the solution is there – if only the people in power would listen.