Port Townsend Film Festival

KC Upshaw, Director of Marketing and Development

kc@ptfilmfest.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Port Townsend Film Festival and Port Townsend Public Library Partner to Present

Documentary Film COMMUNITY FIRST, A HOME FOR THE HOMELESS Free to the Community

[Port Townsend, WA, 2/18/21] – The Port Townsend Film Festival is hosting its March

installment of the monthly program, PTFF Pics, in partnership with the Port Townsend Library

and Friends of the Port Townsend Library. COMMUNITY FIRST, A HOME FOR THE

HOMELESS will be available to stream free to the public March 1-7, 2021.

Now in its 16th year, PT Library’s “Community Read” program is led by Friends of the Port

Townsend Library. They have generously sponsored the March PTFF Pics. This year’s

community read selected book is “House Lessons'' by Erica Bauermeister, and PTFF is

delighted to provide a paired film to underscore the importance of home.

COMMUNITY FIRST, A HOME FOR THE HOMELESS, directed by Layton Blaylock, is a

documentary introducing an innovative new model for transforming the lives of homeless people

through the power of community, imagined initially by Alan Graham of Mobile Loaves and

Fishes. The film tells the story of leaders and residents at Community First! Village, a 27-acre,

master planned development providing affordable, permanent housing for hundreds of

chronically homeless people in Austin, Texas. As founder Alan Graham explains, “housing will

never solve homelessness but community will.” The film illustrates how the sense of community

at the core of the Village is transforming the lives of our homeless brothers and sisters.

Following the screening, view a conversation between Layton Blaylock and Alan Graham with

PTFF Executive Director, Janette Force.

Learn more and claim your free ticket on the PTFF Pics screening page on Eventive

Learn more about the Port Townsend Film Festival at www.ptfilmfest.com.

Learn more about the Port Townsend Public Library and the “Community Read” program at