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SIFF reviews: “Under A Million Stars,” directed by Mercer Island’s Chezik Tsunoda
The film traces the county’s homelessness crisis through Danny and Star, highlighting a 67% rise since 2015 and the limits of common solutions.
- Directed by Chezik Tsunoda, the documentary Under A Million Stars is a 77-minute film and 2025 Seattle International Film Festival Grant recipient screening at SIFF this year.
- King County has been in a state of emergency over the unhoused crisis for over a decade; since November 2015, the region has seen a 67% rise in individuals experiencing homelessness.
- The film follows Danny, who describes himself as "chronically" unhoused since age 17, and Star, a young mother managing epilepsy while caring for her daughter, Luna.
- Challenging local narratives, Tsunoda examines systemic issues through interviews with Andrea Suarez of We Heart Seattle and former Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell.
- Volunteers like Tye Reed, co-founder of House Our Neighbors, assist the unhoused throughout Seattle, while the film notes that transitioning to housing can be "scary" for those accustomed to community.
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SIFF reviews: “Under A Million Stars,” directed by Mercer Island’s Chezik Tsunoda
Directed by Chezik Tsunoda, who was one of the recipients of the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival Grant for Courageous Documentary Filmmaking, “Under A Million Stars” is the first documentary I have watched for this year’s SIFF and, unfortunately for the other docs, it has set the bar exceptionally high.
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