The Stairs

Watch: @ProjectrMovies, @Fandor. Winner: @TFCA Best Canadian Film. @globeandmail Best Toronto films ever made. #Documentary, #HarmReduction, #SexWork.

[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

@redvineski @JEONJU_IFF @TFCA Thanks Kaz, very sweet of you.

[Fandor @Fandor]

"One of the best documentaries of the year!"
(@FilmmakerMag)

Shot over five years, THE STAIRS (2016) is a deeply compassionate, prejudice-challenging portrait of habitual drug users at an urban health center staffed by both former and current users. ❤️‍🩹

https://t.co/pikmtpVOD9

[Joanna Lavoie 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @JoannaLavoie]

MY LATEST on the #drugpoisoningcrisis >
First supervised drug inhalation service in Ontario opens in Toronto amid rise in smoking-related OD deaths
https://t.co/r38XYInNIY
@caseyhouseTO

[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

Honoured that The Stairs is on this list!
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[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

Some lovely, familiar faces ❤️

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

We are excited to launch our innovative national U.S. campaign to promote #harmreduction in @nytimes! It comes at a pivotal moment in the #overdosecrisis as deaths top 100,000 and harm reduction is gaining credibility and momentum. LEARN MORE https://t.co/uEkQbvGpX7

[Jennifer Pagliaro @jpags]

BREAKING: The city's medical officer of health, with support of Toronto Police, is recommending board of health request feds allow small possession of illegal drugs in Toronto - effectively decriminalizing personal drug use after a decades-long war on drugs that hasn't worked.

[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

The Stairs is on @Fandor with other great docs, like @theprisonin12

[Hugh Gibson @MidLampFilms]

How a Drug Policy Activist Spends Her Sundays @Kassandra_Fred https://t.co/hcBe0S2tXn

[Grasshopper Film @GhopperFilm]

We're delighted to introduce the new #Projectr Roku app (and new logo!). Get the app from the Roku channel store (https://t.co/sDJvmQL5SY), link your device, and start watching on your TV. Apple and Fire TV apps coming soon. https://t.co/oRR7eXR0ck

[Hugh Gibson @MidLampFilms]

Excited to be on #TIFF21 Amplify Voices jury with impressive people and award $30K to fellow artists.

[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

@StreetworksAB So sorry for your loss

[@andreawoo.bsky.social | 鄔瑞楓 @AndreaWoo]

Trey Helten is sometimes in the news in his capacity as manager of an overdose prevention site.

But he's also an inspiration to many in Vancouver's DTES, having just marked five years drug-free. He was kind enough to speak with me about it:
https://t.co/wynM2VBMfg

[Halifax Cinema @HalifaxCinema]

🎞 STREAMING: One of the great recent Canadian documentaries, THE STAIRS is a direct, intimate portrait of drug users in Toronto's Regent Park and their experiences with harm-reduction programs. Streaming free on @Kanopy with your @hfxpublib card: https://t.co/LN5TGdWAG5

[@andreawoo.bsky.social | 鄔瑞楓 @AndreaWoo]

Canada's toxic drug crisis has killed more than 20,000 people since 2016. It can be difficult to comprehend the enormity of human loss.

A team at The Globe sought to memorialize those we have lost.

Here are the stories of 100 people who died in 2020.
https://t.co/6SLsBttq62

[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

Sweet, lovely Kevin. Friendly & supportive during years of filming. Always a joy to see at Street Health, or around the neighbourhood. Miss you 💔
https://t.co/lusUu0MGwn

[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

THE STAIRS is now on @Kanopy in 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸
Free to watch with your library card!

[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

Very detailed academic piece examining (among other things) Regent Park, Street Health and The Stairs.
https://t.co/cg0bIcCPDP

[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

"Arresting individuals for simple possession of illicit drugs has proven to be ineffective.” - Canadian Assoc. of Chiefs of Police
https://t.co/NClTPcYvfG

[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

Excited that The Stairs is part of new @GhopperFilm platform, Projectr (@ProjectrMovies). An incredible catalogue of world cinema, many titles unavailable elsewhere. Site: https://t.co/5ohZn50AET

[The Stairs @TheStairsDoc]

#BlackLivesMatter

[The New Jim Crow @thenewjimcrow]

"Ten years have passed since my book, THE NEW JIM CROW, was published. It has been an astonishing decade. Everything and nothing has changed." https://t.co/LJdV1CIhp0