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By Tonya Alanez<\/a>, Sun Sentinel<\/p>\n

Sean Cononie, his homeless shelter and the legions he serves are the subjects of an 84-minute by a Hollywood-based videographer.<\/p>\n

Sebastian Cardenas, the videographer, submitted the documentary late last month to the, among others.<\/p>\n

Long hunting for a reality TV concept, Cardenas’ notion for the documentary \u2014 entitled “My Friend Johnny” \u2014 came to him when he bought a copy of The Homeless Voice newspaper.<\/p>\n

“We went in there with cameras to see what we were going to find and we just found a lot of interesting stories about how people ended up where they are,” said Cardenas, who operates Terminal Blue Multimedia out of his Polk Street home.<\/p>\n

“It’s not a happy place,” he continued. “It’s a little dark, it’s a little smelly, it’s loud. But, the more that we worked there, the more I got used to it, and I really wanted to tell these people’s stories.”<\/p>\n

The end result, named for Johnny McCormick, a now-deceased chronically homeless man who was among Cononie’s first clients, was shot over a six-month span.<\/p>\n

McCormick’s death at age 58 last September serves as the documentary’s conclusion.<\/p>\n

No one balked at telling their story on camera, Cononie said. In fact, most embraced it.<\/p>\n

“When we caught some of them at their worst moments, they were able to explain their worst moments,” Cononie said. “I think it was kind of therapeutic.”<\/p>\n

For more information visit: myfriendjohnnymovie.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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