America’s homeless: Street medicine teams in LA search for solutions to a crisis | States of America

More than half a million people are homeless in the US, and this year the crisis has reached a tipping point with overcrowded shelters and homeless encampments taking over street corners. We follow one street medicine team in LA, Healthcare in Action, that believes they can help end homelessness one patient at a time. And an in-depth interview with Marcus Samuelsson, the world-renowned celebrity chef behind 25 restaurants internationally, including the famous Red Rooster in Harlem. During the pandemic, Samuelsson partnered with his long-time friend Jose Andres to turn his restaurants into food kitchens and help communities in need. Today, he continues to use his privilege as a celebrity chef to promote diversity. At his new restaurant Hav & Mar in New York City he creates a space for female chefs of color to succeed.

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Executive Producer: Yasmeen Qureshi
Senior Producer: Andrea Kramar
Writers: Yasmeen Qureshi and Andrea Kramar
Producer: Lamar Salter
Lead Editor: Mark Apicella
Reporters: Zulekha Nathoo and Ralphie Aversa
Directors of Photography: Sam Rosenthal and Sam Russell
Supervising Editor: Justin Schultz
Motion Graphics Designers: Mike De Angelis and William Pennington
Additional Camera: Andrea Kramar, Yasmeen Qureshi, Allen Dobbins and Tyler Scheffler
Assistant Editor: Joshua Cheatum
Sound Mix: James Panepinto

Executives of Production
Kate Gutman
Russ Torres
Robert Padavick

Special thanks to:
Humankind Team, David Hamlin, Maribel Perez Wadsworth, Nicole Carroll and Amalie Nash

Additional Footage:
Getty Images
Associated Press
Healthcare in Action
Marcus Samuelsson
Pontus Hook

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