Name: Through a Blue Lens
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 7.2

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About

This documentary, set in the Lower East End of Vancouver's downtown core, is a pretty honest account of life on the streets in urban Canada. It is aimed at educating high school kids on the dangers of addiction to hard drugs and is the brainchild of a group of city police officers who videotape their interactions with local homeless personalities.

Director

Veronica Alice Mannix

Producer

Gillian Darling Kovanic

Studio

ONF | NFB

Keywords

prostitute drug addiction cocaine police police officer street life psychosis vancouver heroin addict heroin addiction woman director british columbia