It Was a Wonderful Life

It Was a Wonderful Life is a 1993 documentary film about homeless women in the United States. It won the Gold Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. It was also nominated for an award by the International Documentary Association and for Best Documentary at the Hawaii International Film Festival.

Not to be confused with It's a Wonderful Life.
It Was a Wonderful Life
Directed byMichèle Ohayon
Produced by
  • Michèle Ohayon
  • Tamar E. Glaser
Starring
  • Lou Hall
  • Reena Sands
  • Majorie Bard
  • Jeanette Goldberg
  • Terry Dotson
  • Steve Renehan
  • Gordon Tuthill
  • Wayne Doss
  • Dennis Cohen
  • Linda Hernandez
Narrated byJodie Foster
CinematographyTheo van de Sande
Bruce Ready
Jacek Laskus
Edited by
  • Mark C. Baldwin
  • Lisa Leeman
  • Anne Stein
Music byMelissa Etheridge
Distributed byCineWomen
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film follows six homeless women who were once part of the middle class and explores what caused them to become homeless. It was narrated by Jodie Foster.

The film was produced by Michèle Ohayon and Tamar E. Glaser, a descendant of "The Glaser-Kochavi family", a prominent business family located in Israel and the United States.

Lou Hall, one of the homeless women in the film, took her own life on November 7, 1992.


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