Through a blue lens / [DVD videorecording] director, Veronica Alice Mannix ; producer, Gillian Darling Kovanic ; executive producer, Graydon McCrea ; produced by the National Film Board of Canada. - Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, c1999. - 1 DVD (52 min., 8 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Issued in DVD format in 2006.

Photography, Daniel C. Mannix; cinematography, Odd Squad Productions Society, Rudi Kovanic; editor, Shelly Hamer; music, Dennis Burke; consultant, Michelle Bjornson. Photography, Daniel C. Mannix; cinematography, Odd Squad Productions Society, Rudi Kovanic; editor, Shelly Hamer; music, Dennis Burke; consultant, Michelle Bjornson.

Examines the life of addicts on the east side of downtown Vancouver. Constable Al Arsenault, along with 6 other policemen, have formed a non-profit group dubbed the Odd Squad. They have videotaped the stories of addicts who tell who they are and how they got to the streets. Intended to help prevent drug use among young people. Contains coarse language and graphic scenes.


DVD.


Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Publisher. No.: 113C 9199 117 NFB/ONF C9199 117 NFB/ONF

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Odd Squad (Vancouver, B.C.)
Vancouver (B.C.). Police Dept.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Drug addicts--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Police-community relations--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Drug abuse--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Homeless persons--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Films for the hearing impaired.