How does a person become homeless? I started this project to find an answer. In 2016, I put out a social media post asking the people of Beverly, Massachusetts for their stories. A woman messaged me saying that her husband works at the River House Homeless Shelter in Beverly. "Dignity & Connection" introduces us to two individuals at the River House with extraordinarily different lives. Despite their radically different backgrounds, they both underwent emotional, physical, and sometimes self-inflicted traumas. The project started with two separate audio interviews. One man wanted to be anonymous, and the other, William, did not. After I edited the audio interviews, I went back to William and asked to video record him writing down his story. Anonymous did not want to be video recorded or have his name in the project, but was eager to have his story be part of this documentary. Then, I went out on my own and video recorded places that relate to the two men; such as going to a specific location where a traumatic event occurred, or recording activities that were described by the men to create visual metaphors. After compiling these two stories, I found that the answer to my question is that homelessness can happen to anyone.