Free short films and Harm Reduction resources
This original post was shared in 2019: Click on the image to access an extensive list of free films about Harm Reduction which are available for everyone to see. Films include 'A Day in the Life: The World of Humans Who Use Drugs', 'The Caring Community: Ithaca and the Movement for Supervised Injection Facilities' and many many more.
Please share with your friends, families and communities to educate, inform and inspire.
Also updated today (Dec 23rd 2021) are a list of useful videos about Harm Reduction which are great resources for community, frontline workers, peers, and anyone working in Harm Reduction.
Insite virtual reality tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gIyBMt2BEk
Harm Reduction and Abstinence Based Treatment ‘Bridging the Gap’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7vptIKGOKo
2:21 min
Better Harm Reduction with Heart – Features a Tracey Morrison a deceased leader from the DTES (WAHRS - Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction)
https://pwias.ubc.ca/videos/better-harm-reduction-heart
7:40
WAHRS – The Healthcare Experiences of Aboriginal peoples living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
15:31
Illicit – PHS theatre project telling story of DTES
8 min
Parent stories of deceased children – Vancouver Film Maker – great films to challenge the abstinence mindset
Safer is Better: For Marah
5:55
Safer is Better: For Amber
5:34
Safer is Better: For Andrew
4:46
Everywhere But Safe -Feature film about New York but this section on safer washrooms https://vimeo.com/140074355
20:55-23:48
Checkout the Harm Reduction Conference Archives - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17ALmdnMgrYuJSBmaeHb4nJC7xSZWBHwX -
2018 Conference Program (New Orleans)
2016 Conference Program (San Diego)
2014 Conference Program (Baltimore)
2012 Conference Program (Portland)
List of local films:
Better Harm Reduction with Heart
https://pwias.ubc.ca/ideas/videos/better-harm-reduction-with-heart/
SACY Fentanyl Film (Supporting and Connecting Youth)
Outcomes of our Current Drug Policies (Canada Drug Policy Association)
An Illustrated History of Canadian Drug Policy and Prohibition (Susan Boyd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tF2gp2QgF0
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List of films from Stimulus that are available free online:
Film Fest program https://stimulusconference.ca/film-festival/
Strong Medicine
https://www.catie.ca/en/strong-medicine
Using Urine Drug Test Strips as a Harm Reduction Tool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIovAAV-Amg
Naloxone Breaking the Stigma
A Day in the Life: The World of Humans Who Use Drugs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtlmZDifl74
List of films from HRC NOLA that are available free online:
Conference Program 2018
Dopesick
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/nnk7n8/dopesick-fentanyl-deadly-grip
Preventing Empty Spaces: Using Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose
Staying Alive On the Outside
Harm Reduction and Abstinence Based Treatment ‘Bridging the Gap’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7vptIKGOKo
Using Urine Drug Test Strips as a Harm Reduction Tool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIovAAV-Amg
The Caring Community: Ithaca and the Movement for Supervised Injection Facilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XFDiI_79t8
Our Clients Are Our Mission – Harm Reduction in Bosnia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWSUg1m-1jo
Harm Reduction in Macedonia
https://drogriporter.hu/en/harm_reduction_macedonia/
What's In My Baggie?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WftzPqP-9N8
Steel Town Down
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/nnk7n8/dopesick-fentanyl-deadly-grip
Dan Bigg Memorial Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65bAbEEWJw