STAYING ALIVE  |  Originally aired March 13, 2009 on CBC-TV
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Staying Alive
The federal government wants it shut down. The people who use it and who work there say it is saving lives. It is Insite, provincially-funded, and the first and only supervised injection site in North America where addicts can bring their drug of choice and, with the clean needles provided, can inject themselves. Insite's clients are some of the most desperate who live on Vancouver's downtown east side. Now, for the first time, cameras have been allowed inside the facility for an exclusive look at the place and the people. Follow Hana Gartner inside and make up your own mind about whether Insite is, as one federal politician has said, an "abomination", or whether there should be more of them in this country.
Staying Alive Credits

producer/director
TAMAR WEINSTEIN

producer
LINDA GUERRIERO

written by
HANA GARTNER

editor
LORETTA HICKS

cinematography
HANS VANDERZANDE

audio
KEITH BONNELL

graphic designers
TIM KINDRACHUK
AMEDEO DE PALMA

audio mix
DAMIAN KEARNS

special thanks
HODAYA BONARD
ORAZIO CALTAGIRONE

website producer
ROBERT BALLANTYNE

senior producer
SALLY REARDON

executive producer
DAVID STUDER

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