Big Issue vendors invited to see documentary about running group from homeless

Big Issue vendors are being offered free tickets to see a documentary about a group for homeless people in a notorious area of Los Angeles, made in partnership with the magazine.

Skid Row Marathon will be screened across the UK on Wednesday, telling the story of a running group formed by Craig Mitchell, a superior court judge, who runs alongside homeless people and recovering addicts every week.

Judge Mitchell, who formed the group in 2011, said: “The film was very important for our participants because it conveyed to them that their lives are worth chronicling, they have a story that other people need to hear.

“Often we try to avoid looking at people who are homeless or addicted to drugs. We don’t want to know their stories. The film provided the exact opposite.”

Picturehouse Cinemas is offering Big Issue vendors free tickets, and the magazine will be on sale outside cinemas where the documentary is being shown.

Judge Mitchell ran in the London Marathon last month to raise money for the club and the Big Issue Foundation.

The documentary is being shown at more than 100 cinemas across the UK.

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