ABOUT THE FILM

“FAULT LINES is the antidote to its toxic predecessors. It is the documentary I have been waiting for. It is the documentary that Americans need to see.”
— Kevin Erdmann, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
“A film like FAULT LINES can make a huge difference in building a political constituency that better understands the interrelationship between community politics and homelessness.”
— Doug Shoemaker, President, Mercy Housing California 

From directors Nate Houghteling (American Pathogen, State of Pride) and Yoav Attias (Brick City, Chicagoland) comes a new film that dives headfirst into the epicenter of the housing crisis, to explain how we got here and predict where we might be headed. Fault Lines takes a street level approach to the intersecting issues of housing affordability, homelessness, and local laws, using human stories to illuminate the impact of decades of policies that are now choking the Bay Area – and threatening to become a national emergency.

Filmmaking Team

  • Nate Houghteling

    DIRECTOR

    Nate Houghteling is a filmmaker from San Francisco, California and the co-founder of Portal A, an award-winning production company that creates original series, feature films, podcasts, and digital entertainment for a new generation. His past projects include the GLAAD-Award winning State of Pride and American Pathogen. Fault Lines is his first feature as a director.

  • Yoav Attias

    DIRECTOR

    Yoav Attias is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He produced on the Peabody Award-winning docu-series BRICK CITY featuring Cory Booker, and was showrunner on CHICAGOLAND, an 8-hour docu-series for CNN. He was also supervising producer on OCEAN WARRIORS for Discovery and co-creator of the TV docu-soap, GAINESVILLE on CMT/Viacom.

  • Alex Friend

    EDITOR

    Alex Friend is a film editor with a decade of experience working in documentary. His work has been featured on HBO, Showtime, BET, YouTube Originals, and in film festivals like Tribeca, DOC NYC, and Sundance. Alex has also served as a guest lecturer at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College.

  • Joanne Shen

    PRODUCER

    Joanne Shen is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. She was co-executive producer on the Peabody Award-winning, critically acclaimed series CITY OF GHOSTS for Netflix. Her producing and directing credits also include work for PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, Current TV, Gizmodo and Hearst.

  • Sarah Sherman

    PRODUCER

    Sarah is a creative director and strategist with a hybrid background in advertising, content, and film. She leads teams of creatives in developing global campaigns for major brands, including Bumble, Meta, Google, and Ray-ban. Prior to that, she built the video team at The Atlantic magazine's award-winning brand studio and produced documentary series for CNN, Al Jazeera America, and CMT — as well as independent films available on Netflix and PBS.