The Blue Lens in order

Anti-drug officers in the Vancouver Police Department document the lives of six drug addicts. 2 films, 2h 6m in all, in release order.

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   Through a Blue Lens

   1999 · 52 min

   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.

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   Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens

   Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens

   2007 · 74 min

   In the late 1990s, some officers at Vancouver Police Department made a documentary film (THROUGH A BLUE LENS) about the everyday lives of six drug addicts in Vancouver's skid row, the Downtown Eastside. TEARS FOR APRIL reintroduces us to these six people; with footage shot over a period of nearly ten years, it continues their biography.

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