New doc sheds light on Vancouver homeless problem

Mar 13 2008
Westender

How do we help those in need if they don’t want to help themselves?

There are lots of different ways to look at the little gathering that took place last week at Cinema 319 on Main Street. You could see it as the premiere screening of the Paperny Films/CBC Newsworld documentary The Devil Plays Hardball, which it was. You could also see it as the first unofficial face-off between 2008 Vancouver mayoral candidates, a number of whom were there to respond to the issues raised by the film. And as for the film itself, about a project to mentor homeless people, you could see it as a bleak reminder of just how difficult it can be to help those on the street. Or, if you looked around the room a bit, you could come away with a sense of optimism about what hard work and attention can accomplish.

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