In August 2008, The

Eric “Protein” Moseley

Columbia Star published an article about Eric “Protein” Moseley, a homeless man who was given the opportunity by South Carolina ETV to film a documentary about the realities of homelessness in Columbia, SC. This was his second film. The first, entitled “Skid Row Journey,” was produced in Los Angeles a few years before.

Eric “Protein” Moseley has been homeless on and off for over 16 years. He was born in Detroit but left while battling a chemical dependency and began to travel from city to city around this nation. He has lived as a homeless man in New York, New Orleans, Houston, Tallahassee, Miami, San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, Columbia, Kingstree, and Myrtle Beach.

While in Columbia in 2008, Eric “Protein” Moseley decided to approach members of the community to support another documentary, entitled “Down But Not Out” with South Carolina ETV. He is grateful for the support shown by SC ETV, The Salvation Army, The City Winter Shelter, Christ Central Min- istries, Washington Street Methodist Church, Trojan Labor, the downtown branch of the Richland County Public Library, and the homeless participants in the film.

Because of the success of “Down But Not Out,” Eric “Protein” Moseley received the recognition by a Los Angeles paper of “becoming the very first homeless filmmaker to have a documentary shown on opposite coasts.” “Down But Not Out” has been shown on PBS Primetime in Washington, DC, and on television stations in Seattle, Detroit, San Francisco, and Canada. Some of his work has been shown on Scan TV on the Internet, and his story has been published in several

newspapers including The

Washington Informer and

USA Today.

This exposure has allowed Eric “Protein” Moseley to be recognized as an effective advocate for the homeless population in our nation. He has recently begun to serve as a motivational speaker for youth at risk in the state of Washington.

The defining moment for Eric “Protein” Moseley took place in a shelter in New York City. He said, “There was a young woman who was eight months pregnant and needed medical attention in the shelter. When the ambulance arrived they were denied entrance because of the condition of the building. Unable to walk, the woman had to deny the assistance. That’s when we started to act. We began to call every city agency and elected officials until they closed the building down and moved into another one.”

He continues, “I started filmmaking when I came up with a concept to do a reality television show about homelessness, since I knew so much about it. However, when I saw the impact I had in this situation (at the shelter in New York) I knew then it wasn’t about reality television but about reality that doesn’t make it to television and that’s where I come in.”

To learn more about Eric “Protein” Moseley, visit his My Space page at myspace.com/proteinrecords.