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Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.78,0:00:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name's Bryan Esslambre,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.53,0:00:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born on Montreal in 1988.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.06,0:00:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I moved to BC when I was 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.73,0:00:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Had the basic childhood, \Nwent to school and everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.74,0:00:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Went to high school out in Surrey, \Nand that's where I found my passion for football.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.35,0:00:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was doing great things with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.77,0:00:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my grade 12th year, my mother passed away,\Nwhich had a very big impact on my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.94,0:00:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started smoking a lot of weed, \Nand it just led me down a bad path
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.72,0:00:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wasting money, not going to school and...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.36,0:01:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically all of the wrong choices that you're told not to make when you're a kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.29,0:01:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And... I wouldn't change it, I would try and help other people from not doing those choices,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.41,0:01:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I am where I am because of what I did,\Nand it's made me who I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.00,0:01:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm not ungrateful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.24,0:01:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I know that 5 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.44,0:01:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't see myself staying in a shelter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.33,0:01:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm glad that I'm here \Nthan rather out on the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.03,0:01:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's honestly just a big learning experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.30,0:01:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, who wants to be in a shelter?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.94,0:01:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not the worst living conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.06,0:01:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can honestly say that, from what I've seen, down on the downtown eastside [{\i1}of Vancouver{\i0}]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.31,0:01:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that you get your locker \Nchecked on every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.76,0:01:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have food, it's not allowed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.94,0:01:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are constant bedbugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.53,0:01:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here they do clean it quite well,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.65,0:02:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but living in a place with 60 other guys
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.70,0:02:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't really anything that people envision\Nfor themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.80,0:02:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, no one really thinks
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.43,0:02:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}oh, no one's gonna have their own bedroom, \Nno one's gonna have somewhere to sleep{\i0},
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.44,0:02:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}no one's gonna have their own food \Nand be able to take care of themselves{\i0}",
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.10,0:02:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the wrong choices can lead you anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.95,0:02:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, my name's Trinity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.52,0:02:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and right now I'm living in a transition house \Nfor women 16 to 24 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.38,0:02:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories originally,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.01,0:02:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I moved around a lot when I was young.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.07,0:02:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since I was 16 I was pretty much on my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.43,0:02:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And uh, I somehow made it to Vancouver \Nlike a year and a half ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.41,0:02:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And um, I was struggling with homelessness a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.60,0:02:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was in and out of SRO's [ {\i1}single room occupancies{\i0} ] and shelters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.69,0:02:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, a lot of the shelters had gotten shut down this year, so there was less,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.93,0:02:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I found that it was really hard\Ntrying to get into a shelter,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.87,0:03:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so there were a lot of times where I was\Nsleeping in alleys and stuff like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.51,0:03:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I finally found this place, which, uh, \NI'm allowed to stay here for a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.16,0:03:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I can get up on my feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.52,0:03:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not as bad as the other places I've lived, \Nit's actually pretty nice here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.44,0:03:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The living conditions are... it's a clean place, \Nthere's no bugs, there's no rodents.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.34,0:03:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, my boyfriend that I'm with right now,\Nwe've been together for about a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.73,0:03:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and uh, he was also homeless on and off again \Nwith me a lot of the times.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.97,0:03:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like sometimes I'd have a place and he wouldn't,\Nor he'd have a place and I wouldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.51,0:03:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, he's staying at the Lucky Lodge Hotel, \Nan SRO, which is pretty atrocious.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.97,0:03:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd say it's one of the worst places \Neither of us have ever stayed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.20,0:03:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, my name is Nick, I live in this shit SRO, \NLucky Lodge.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.13,0:04:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see, there's obviously \Nno sink, no oven...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.81,0:04:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing really... circuit always breaks because\Nwhat goes on...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.49,0:04:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can't have 2 things plugged in at once.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.99,0:04:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just goes out...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.61,0:04:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's like a huge insect problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.58,0:04:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they should do is just \Ntear the whole damn building down.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.36,0:04:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came out of detox and I just figured, I wanted just a new place cause I was homeless at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.19,0:04:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I just got this place in literally one day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.74,0:04:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't even be here in the bloody first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.24,0:04:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They charge $10 a night for guests.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.55,0:04:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's outrageous, considering it's $400 a month \Nfor this type of place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.05,0:04:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an SRO so it's not covered \Nunder the Residential Tenancy Act,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.19,0:04:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can't just go to, like, arbitration\Nand bitch at them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.19,0:04:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not under the same act,\Nit's a completely different tenancy act,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.80,0:05:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can get away with anything \N'cause it's run like a hotel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.34,0:05:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the owners can make any rules they want,\Nand they enforce it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.41,0:05:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reality in the news,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.31,0:05:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just look at the idea of an SRO \Nas a broad generalization.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.69,0:05:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just say "{\i1}oh, that's low income housing, single residential occupancy,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.57,0:05:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}a single human being could live in there{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.18,0:05:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They always use the words "could" and "live", like totally it's more like surviving in this dump.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.84,0:05:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a roof is what it is. A little privacy. That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.13,0:05:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, I have been looking for quite a bit of work,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.18,0:05:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's listing this place \Nas your address on your resume,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.74,0:05:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people immediately reject it \Njust because it's a shelter.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.42,0:05:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's not a hindrance...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.44,0:06:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I do know that people would accept like \Na post office box better than a shelter.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.16,0:06:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would be in a very different place if I had even just stuck with my sport,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.93,0:06:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm trying to get back into it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.47,0:06:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm working on my education \Nwith the programs they have here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.06,0:06:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of people are in my corner \Ntrying to make sure that I turn out alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.13,0:06:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, my hopes for the future is, y'know, I'll make it \Nas an artist somehow, y'know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.98,0:06:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether that be with painting or with film.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.75,0:06:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and to also have my own place I could call home,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.18,0:06:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that y'know, I could have like family and friends over\Nwhenever I like,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.22,0:06:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's clean and safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.50,0:06:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm grateful that I found this place.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.59,0:06:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a nice place to find,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.50,0:06:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I am looking forward to the day
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.63,0:06:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can get out and then give back,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.50,0:06:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hopefully help people not end up \Nwhere I ended up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.56,0:07:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Captions by: the Radical Access Mapping Project, \NOn Un-ceded Coast Salish Territory, 2013 ]