September 10, 2002
Release Date

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Fix: The Story of an Addicted City (2002)

Name: Fix: The Story of an Addicted City
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-09-10

1h 32m

Running Time

September 10, 2002
Release Date

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Plot.

Dean Wilson may be Canada’s most powerful junkie. He shoots heroin in Vancouver’s downtown Eastside and strategizes with federal health policy advisors. He is the president of a network of street-level drug users demanding that Vancouver open North America’s first safe injection site – the most controversial step of a daring new drug strategy. Users, residents, activists and police clash while Dean struggles to shake his addiction and discovers an unlikely ally in Vancouver’s conservative mayor.

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Cast & Crew.

Nettie Wild

Script / Producer / Director

Gary Marcuse

Executive Producer

Phillip Owen

Self

Betsy Carson

Producer

Dennis Burke

Composer

Salvador Ferreras

Composer

Kirk Tougas

Cinematographer

Reginald Harkema

Editor

Details.

Release Date
September 10, 2002

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 32m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-18

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

Fix: The Story of an Addicted City is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Nettie Wild and released in 2003. The film centres on Vancouver's campaign to launch Insite, North America's first legal supervised injection site for injection drug users.

Figures interviewed in the film include drug user Dean Wilson, activist and organizer Ann Livingston, and Vancouver mayor Philip Owen.

The film won the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 24th Genie Awards.