Lead Me Home
{{Infobox film
| name = Lead Me Home
| image = Lead Me Home Poster.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| director = Pedro Kos
Jon Shenk
| screenplay =
| story =
| producer = {{plainlist|
- Richard Berge
- Bonni Cohen
- Serin Marshall
}}
| starring = Amaree McKenstry-Hall
| cinematography = Jon Shenk
| editing = Don Bernier
Pedro Kos
| music = Gil Talmi
| studio = Actual Films
| distributor = Netflix
| released = {{Film date|2021|11|30}}
| runtime = 39 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Lead Me Home is a 2021 American short documentary film made for Netflix and directed by Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk.{{Cite web|title=Watch Lead Me Home {{!}} Netflix Official Site|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81240756|access-date=2021-12-15|website=www.netflix.com|language=en}} It was nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 94th Academy Awards.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/oscar-nominations-list-of-nominees-1234928251/ |title=Oscars Nominations 2022 —— Full List of Nominees |website=Deadline |date=February 8, 2022}}
Summary
The film follows several homeless people living on the streets of the West Coast of the United States.{{Cite web|title='Lead Me Home' Netflix Review: Stream It Or Skip It?|url=https://decider.com/2021/12/11/lead-me-home-netflix-review/|access-date=2021-12-15|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Morfoot|first=Addie|date=2021-12-02|title=Netflix Scoops Up ‘Three Songs for Benazir’ for Doc Shorts Slate (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/news/three-songs-for-benazir-netflix-short-doc-1235123560/|access-date=2021-12-15|website=Variety|language=en-US}}
Release and reception
The film was released on November 30, 2021.{{Cite web|last=M|first=Jeffrey|last2=erson|date=2021-11-29|title=Netflix doc ‘Lead Me Home’ gets to the heart of homelessness in SF and other cities|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/netflix-doc-lead-me-home-gets-to-the-heart-of-homelessness-in-sf-and-other-cities/|access-date=2021-12-15|website=The San Francisco Examiner|language=en-US}}
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 100% approval rating based on 5 reviews.{{Cite web |title=Lead Me Home - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lead_me_home |access-date=February 9, 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}