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La vie en bleu

2000 52 min
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Ce long métrage documentaire jette un regard inédit sur le monde de la toxicomanie. Avec une équipe de six policiers, surnommée La Brigade Insolite, l'agent de police Al Arsenault consacre ses rondes de quartier à filmer et à recueillir les témoignages de toxicomanes du centre de Vancouver. Le but est à la fois de créer un outil éducatif visant à prévenir la consommation de drogues chez les jeunes, mais aussi d'aider les toxicomanes à sortir de leur enfer.

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La vie en bleu

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Ce long métrage documentaire jette un regard inédit sur le monde de la toxicomanie. Avec une équipe de six policiers, surnommée La Brigade Insolite, l'agent de police Al Arsenault consacre ses rondes de quartier à filmer et à recueillir les témoignages de toxicomanes du centre de Vancouver. Le but est à la fois de créer un outil éducatif visant à prévenir la consommation de drogues chez les jeunes, mais aussi d'aider les toxicomanes à sortir de leur enfer.

This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
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  • participant
    Nicola
    Carlee
    John Bear Curtis
    Lana
    Serena
    Richard Todd
    Kevin Frank
    Randy
    Darlene
    Danièle Shannon
    Michelle
    Jean-Michel Henry
    Debra Karen
    Romana
    Toby Hinton
    Al Arsenault
    Dave Kolb
    Mark Steinkampf
    Dale Weidman
    Walt McKay
    Len Hollingsworth
  • direction
    Veronica Alice Mannix
  • None
    Daniel C. Mannix
    Jim Mitchell
    Carla Webb
    Andy Tomec
    Michelle Bjornson
    Dave Lank
    Christopher Keam
    Claude Dionne
    André Chaput
    Rainmaker Digital Pictures
    Carousel Video Transfers Ltd.
  • editing
    Shelly Hamer
  • original music
    Dennis Burke
  • guitar
    Tim Porter
  • additional shooting
    Rudolf Kovanic
  • location sound
    Jonathan Ritchie
  • sound consultant
    Brent Marchenski
  • photography
    Al Arsenault
    Toby Hinton
    Bob Semeniuk
    Christopher Grabowski
  • voice
    Pierre Auger
    Camille Cyr Desmarais
    Hubert Gagnon
    Gilbert Lachance
    Daniel Picard
    François Trudel
    Flora Balzano
    Louisette Dussault
    François Godin
    Brigitte Morel
    Claude Préfontaine
  • recording
    Studio SPR
  • sound mixer
    Shelley Craig
    Orca Pacific Productions
  • sound design
    Orca Pacific Productions
  • production supervision
    Kathryn Lynch
  • program administration
    Bruce Hagerman
  • producer
    Gillian Darling Kovanic
  • executive producer
    Graydon McCrea

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Education

Ages 13 to 17

Health/Personal Development - Mental Health/Stress/Suicide
Health/Personal Development - Substance Use and Abuse/Addiction
Media Education - Documentary Film
Social Studies - Contemporary Issues

Encourage discussion about the stereotypes surrounding drug addicts. Discuss why so many teens turn to drugs as a coping strategy. Compare and contrast the reality of life on the streets with the Hollywood depiction of drug addiction. Students can research the term skid row, showing how it applies to some parts of large cities. Discuss the effectiveness of this kind of documentary as a deterrent.
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