loop films</titl><style type="text/css">  </style><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> </tr> </table> </head> <body> <table width="725" height="528" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#000000" bgcolor="#000000"> <tr> <td width="750" height="528" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><table width="775" height="514" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#000000"> <tr> <td width="775" height="514" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><table width="767" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="370" height="18" valign="top"><p align="left" class="style3">100 BLOCK: June 2008 </p> </td> <td width="12" background="file:///Macintosh HD/Users/chriskelley/Desktop/loopfilms/web/images/liner.jpg"></td> <td width="385" rowspan="2" align="right" valign="top"><img src="images/DVDInsert-[Converted].jpg" width="363" height="514" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="353" valign="top"><p class="style2"><br /> Since 2003 Vancouver, BC has been ranked one of the most livable cities in the world. But deep in the heart of this stunning city lies a dark secretknown as the DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE, a 5-block radius of premiere real estate infested with disease and hard core drug abuse. It was said to have the highest HIV rate in the industrialized world. 1 out of every 3 residents living in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver has HIV and 90% have Hepatitis C, putting the neighborhood disease rate on par with Botswana. <br /> <br /> These shocking statistics prompted the Canadian Government to re-evaluate their approach on the so-called WAR ON DRUGS.<br /> The result was potentially the most criticized Government approved<br /> initiative in years. INSITE - North America's first legal, Government funded Supervised Safe Injection Site.<br /> <br /> Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is truly one of the most unique melting pots<br /> on the globe, where some of the top global drug legalization activists are<br /> based. In this community, social workers are considered pioneers, activists<br /> are often considered criminals, and homeless drug addicts form the majority.<br /> <br /> This socially controversial film is told by some of the individuals living<br /> within this reality as well as people responsible for support systems,<br /> Government Officials, and local law enforcement agents.</p> <p class="style2">100 Block will take viewers on a journey into areas deep within the Downtown<br /> Eastside to explore the reality that these people call home.</p> <p class="style2">Welcome to the downtown eastside! </p> <p align="left" class="style2"><br /> </p> <table width="373" height="165" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="138" align="center" valign="top"><a href="imagea.html" target="_blank"><img src="images/image_1.jpg" width="98" height="84" border="0" /></a></td> <td width="120" height="165" align="left" valign="top"><a href="imageb.html" target="_blank"><img src="images/im2.jpg" width="98" height="84" border="0" /></a></td> <td width="115" valign="top"><a href="imagec.html" target="_blank"><img src="images/im4.jpg" width="98" height="84" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> </table></td> <td valign="top" background="file:///Macintosh HD/Users/chriskelley/Desktop/loopfilms/web/images/liner.jpg"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <br /> </body> </html>