The House Band | SPECIAL BLOCK

A unique and intimate take on the homeless crisis enveloping contemporary Los Angeles, THE HOUSE BAND follows the increasing economic divide through the lens of Jacob and his unhoused bandmates, who have become the house band for a hip eatery on the Venice Beach Boardwalk.

Documentary | 01:27:00

Director: Laura Brownson

Documentary director Laura Brownson was named Variety's '10 Documakers to Watch' in 2018. Brownson's incendiary Netflix original documentary The Rachel Divide about controversial former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal premiered at the Tribeca Film festival where it was named 'one of the fest's best' by Rollingstone Magazine and touted as 'an enthralling drama' by The New Yorker.

Before turning to documentary film, Brownson worked for nearly 15 years in narrative features and television. She began her career working with Sean Penn's Clyde is Hungry Films collaborating on multiple projects. She then spent several years at Paramount Studios working for Michael Douglas' production company Douglas/Reuther. Turning her focus to television, Brownson produced television movies for CBS Films.