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September 5, 2003
New showings for FIX: The Story of an Addicted City
Acclaimed film about the injection drug crisis will be presented in Vancouver and Surrey this month
FIX: The Story of an Addicted City returns to Vancouver and premieres in Surrey on the big screen later this month.
The film, which was co-sponsored by BCNU, will be back in cinemas the same week that North America’s first supervised injection site for addicted drug users is scheduled to open on Vancouver’s Downtown East Side.
The film documents the campaign by activists to gain support for the project, with backing from street nurses and an unexpected alliance with then-Vancouver mayor Philip Owen.
Along with BCNU, the showings are co-sponsored by Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, BC Centre for Disease Control, AIDS Vancouver, Pacific Community Resources, South Fraser Community Services Society and the Fraser Health Authority.
Watch for FIX: The Story of an Addicted City
In Vancouver:
Friday, September 19 to Thursday, September 25
Van East Cinema
2290 Commercial Drive
7 pm nightly
In Surrey:
Hollywood 3 7125-138th & 72nd (Newton Center)
Friday, September 19 to Sunday September 21 ONLY
7pm nightly
After every screening, a community forum will feature health professionals, outreach workers and users who will join central figures in FIX to help answer questions from the audience about the opening of the new supervised injection site, and the drug crisis. All forums will be moderated by BCNU members who are members of Vancouver’s unit of street nurses from the BC Centre for Disease Control.
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