Elizabeth Lo: Hotel 22

Film Description
Each night in Silicon Valley, a bus transforms into an unofficial shelter for the homeless. Hotel 22 captures a single, dramatic night on the 22 route. With Hotel 22, I gave primacy to immersion over information. Rather than tell viewers what riders might be feeling, I hoped that silence would encourage viewers to imagine it, and in doing so, engage in the act of empathy through film-watching.

Director's Profile
Elizabeth Lo is an award-winning director whose work has been showcased around the world, including Sundance, the New York Times, Hot Docs, and PBS. She was named one of the25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2015, and was featured in the 2015 Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase at Cannes Lion. She holds a B.F.A. from Tisch NYU, and M.F.A. from Stanford University.