About

The Invisible Class began production in 2008 and was an 11 year journey to complete. With a smaller team than most documentary films and an even smaller budget, the crew pressed on due to their passion for the topic. The film was originally created for two specific reasons.

1. There were almost no documentary films on homelessness out there.

2. From the small list of documentaries that were available, none of them discussed the systemic causes that created mass homelessness. How did we get here?

Unfortunately both of those statements are still true today, and homelessness has reached epidemic proportions as it continues to spiral out of control. The Invisible Class was released in 2020 and is being independently distributed. We are partnering up with a variety of groups (homeless shelters, affordable housing providers, domestic violence shelters, Veteran’s associations, churches, advocacy orgs, Schools, Colleges, etc.) and there are now grass roots screenings, as well as employee trainings, occurring throughout the United States.

Josh Hayes was born and raised in a small town in Southern California, and moved to San Francisco to get a degree in Cinema Production in 2005. He's been a Camera Operator, Editor, and Director ever since as the Production Manager for for a variety of companies. He’s worked the entire gamut of video production including Corporate, News, Health and Wellness, Music, Sports, etc. He operates his own small production company Upstart Media and like most freelancers is constantly on the lookout for work and new clients.

In 2013 he founded the non-profit Visual Anarchy that does free video production for struggling organizations that do good. The goal of which is to level the playing field for smaller nonprofits and other philanthropic organizations and citizens group to have access to professional video that they couldn't otherwise afford. Or sometimes they just think some organizations are so awesome, they offer their services whether they can afford it or not! In addition to filming and editing, VA also teaches video production and provides consultation. Josh also produces an educational podcast Rack Focus which interviews film industry Directors, Cinematographers, Production Designers, etc to learn the technical details behind film and television.