Vignettes of the disenfranchised and dispossessed who call Vancouver’s troubled Downtown Eastside neighbourhood their home. From the blog of filmmaker Austin Andrews.

Also, a related video from Homeless Nation a web based project of the NFB , a group of Eastside residents speak out about homelessness.

Dope sick and broke, Phil “gets better” in the alley behind Insite, the government-funded supervised injection site. He doesn’t like shooting in the alleys, where police take a harder stance, but would rather take the chance than queue for a spot inside. “Ten minutes is a long time to wait when you’ve got heroin in your hands.” The high is gone in another ten.

Tags: addiction, austin andrews, downtown, drug, east, homless nation, National Film Board, ONF, photo, side, vancouver

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