No Address Streams Free on Angel All November to Spotlight Foster Youth Homelessness
Robert Craig Films announced that its award-winning movie No Address will stream free on Angel throughout November in recognition of National Homelessness Awareness Month. The Sacramento-based production company timed the release to coincide with the awareness period and designed the effort as a nationwide campaign that encourages the foster care community to watch and share the film. Organizers aim to raise public understanding of the circumstances that can lead people into homelessness by making the title available without any paywall on the Angel platform.
Nearly one in seven young people leaving foster care face homelessness within their first year on their own, according to the supplied announcement. The film reflects that statistic through the character Lauren, portrayed by Isabella Ferreira, a young woman in the foster care system who must leave her foster home at age eighteen. With no family safety net and nowhere to go, Lauren becomes homeless and joins a group of people struggling to survive on the streets, illustrating the direct connection between aging out of foster care and housing instability.
In an unusual departure from traditional Hollywood storytelling, No Address does not simply end when the story concludes. Before the end credits roll, members of the cast break the fourth wall and speak directly to viewers, delivering a powerful one-minute call-to-action that encourages audiences to help people experiencing homelessness and connect with local organizations. This interactive closing device retains one of the central elements of the original theatrical release and extends the film’s impact beyond the narrative.
Directed by Hollywood veteran Julia Verdin, the film features a cast that includes William Baldwin, Ashanti, Xander Berkeley, Lucas Jade Zumann, Isabella Ferreira, Beverly D’Angelo and Ty Pennington. Robert Craig Films produced the project with the stated mission of creating impactful stories that spark meaningful conversations and drive social change around issues such as empathy, compassion and community support.
Producer Robert Craig explained the importance of the story in a direct quote supplied with the announcement. “Lauren’s story was incredibly important for us to tell because young people leaving foster care can suddenly find themselves trying to navigate adulthood without the support system so many of us take for granted,” Craig said. “We hope foster families, foster care organizations, advocates and communities will watch No Address and use Lauren’s story to start conversations about how we can better support these young people.”
Foster care organizations, foster families, child welfare professionals, advocates, nonprofits, churches and community groups nationwide are invited to share the free November viewing with their audiences. The campaign encourages these groups to use the film as a tool for conversations about foster youth, housing stability and homelessness, extending the outreach beyond individual viewers to organized community screenings and discussions.
Angel is supporting the initiative by allowing the film to be watched free without having to be an Angel Guild Member. “The film is touching many lives. It’s resonating and doing well,” said Ben Anderson, Director of Streaming.
Social media creator and philanthropist Jimmy Darts will also help bring the campaign to a wider audience, encouraging his community to watch the film, share the free link and help grow awareness around homelessness.
Viewers can watch No Address free in November on the Angel streaming platform by visiting www.NoAddress.com for the direct link or by streaming the title on Angel Studios. The announcement emphasizes that the free access period runs throughout the month and is open to anyone interested in the film’s themes of foster care transition and homelessness prevention.
