Tom Waits Highlights Homelessness Crisis in New Italian Documentary

Tom Waits features in the final episode of the Italian documentary series Il Fattore Umano (The Human Factor), titled Ultima Fermata (The Last Ride), which highlights the issue of homelessness in the southern United States. The episode includes interviews with unhoused individuals and portrays their struggles within a system lacking safety nets. Waits performs songs and reads from his poetry collection, Seeds on Hard Ground, aiming to shed light on the often-ignored plight of these marginalized communities. He expressed his intent to inspire through music rather than engage in political discourse. The documentary, directed by Angelo Loy, Martino Mazzonis, and Luigi Montebello, is set to be available for streaming on RAI's RaiPlay platform. Waits hopes his contributions will help open the world's eyes to the realities faced by the vulnerable.