FIX - 7pm
Nettie Wild / Vancouver, BC
Dean Wilson used to be an IBM salesman. Now he is possibly the most outspoken drug addict in Canada. As president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) he is a loud and articulate advocate for street addicts from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one of Canada's poorest neighborhoods, and the site of the highest HIV rate in North America. Director Nettie Wild (A PLACE CALLED CHIAPAS) chronicles the efforts of Wilson to establish Canada's first safe injection site with the help of an unlikely ally: Vancouver's conservative mayor Phillip Owen, whose radical harm reduction stance on the drug problem has since cost him the support of his party. FIX has made huge waves in Canada, giving a powerful voice to a movement that has been gaining momentum for years. (93 min)