A documentary, conversation and intimate portrait with Constance Anne Campbell, an artist and writer in her late fifties who is homeless and has been living outside for fourteen years.
Shot over a period of several years using a digital camera, "Anne" follows an artist through a typical year of living on the streets of Vancouver, BC. Arriving in Canada as a teenager, Anne lived a normal life with her mother and family, eventually moving to Vancouver to study art and work in the offices of the University of British Columbia. Through a series of what Anne calls "mistakes", she moves out of her apartment and finds herself trapped on the street by poverty and a very tight housing market. The cycle of poverty and missed chances builds and at the time of filming, Anne had been homeless on the city streets for 14 years.
As the seasons go by, we learn of Anne's experience, how she ended up living on the street, what she does with her long days and why she stays 'outside', as she calls it. We also learn that many homeless prefer living outside to avoid the hazards of the shelters cities set up for their homeless populations. We learn that there is no such thing as a 'typical' homeless person.
Above all, we learn what kind of person Anne is and how she keeps her spirit and mind alive in a lifestyle she calls "medieval" and "inhuman". Normally a very private person, Anne says her main reason for doing the film is to help convince young people that living on the street is not an option.
