For Immediate
Release

A documentary about the Albany Landfill Encampment
 Contact:
Tomas McCabe
tel. 510.290.8883
Tomas@BumsParadise.com

Bums' Paradise
a documentary film about the Albany Landfill Encampment

For nearly 10 years, an abandoned landfill on the San Francisco Bay is home for a squalid yet utopian homeless community.
"This landfill stands as a brooding monument to obsolescence. What could be a more appropriate refuge for America’s unused people?
Here, they can be hidden away from a society which regards them as a nuisance and an eyesore."
— Robert "Rabbit" Barringer - Albany Landfill Resident - Gracious Host and Narrator of Bums’ Paradise
The story continues at www.BumsParadise.com



 Screenings –
http://www.bumsparadise.com/screenings.html

"Has all the elements of a Hollywood movie: romance, insanity,
addiction, and confrontations with the law."
- Lisa Hom, SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY
"The overall message of Bums' Paradise is one of hope – something that's
usually lacking when homeless issues are the topic of discussion."
- Cheryl Eddy, THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
"Visually appealing, uncontrived and evocative."
- Angela Woodall, STREET SPIRIT
"Bums' Paradise is attracting a burgeoning cult following."
- John Geluardi, BERKELEY DAILY PLANET

the story continues at www.BumsParadise.com

Synopsis:
http://www.bumsparadise.com/synopsis_new.html

(100 word synopsis)
On a peninsular landfill in the San Francisco Bay, a unique encampment of homeless men and women made a refuge.
For more than eight years they lived there,outside the "American Dream;" in return, they created not only
an alternative society, but also a wealth of art. These accomplishments however, could not avert a devastating eviction.
"This Landfill stands as a brooding monument to obsolescence.
What could be a more appropriate refuge for America's unused people?
Here, they can be hidden away from a society which regards them
as a nuisance and an eyesore."
— Robert "Rabbit" Barringer, Landfill Resident / Filmmaker

(50 word synopsis)
"This landfill stands as a brooding monument to obsolescence.
What could be a more appropriate refuge for America’s unused people?
Here, they can be hidden away from a society
which regards them as a nuisance and an eyesore."
— Robert "Rabbit" Barringer-Albany Landfill Resident
Gracious Host and Narrator of Bums’ Paradise

(1 sentence synopsis)
For nearly 10 years, an abandoned landfill on the San Francisco Bay is home for a squalid
yet utopian homeless community.

Crew Bios and Credits:
http://www.bumsparadise.com/bio.html
"BUMS' PARADISE" a film by TOMAS McCABE directed by TOMAS McCABE and ANDREI ROZEN
written and narrated by ROBERT "RABBIT" BARRINGER music composed by MARC BLACK
edited by TOMAS McCABE photographed by ANDREI ROZEN, TOMAS McCABE and ROBERT BARRINGER

Awards and Reviews:
http://www.bumsparadise.com/press.html
Publicity Still / Press Photo:
http://www.bumsparadise.com/bumpress.html

Contact:
Tomas McCabe
tel. 510.290.8883
Tomas@BumsParadise.com

A documentary about the Albany Landfill Encampment
 For Immediate
Release