Heroines : a walk on the wide side through the lens of Lincoln Clarkes

Resource Information

The work Heroines : a walk on the wide side through the lens of Lincoln Clarkes represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Heroines : a walk on the wide side through the lens of Lincoln Clarkes

Title remainder

a walk on the wide side through the lens of Lincoln Clarkes

Statement of responsibility

[directed and produced by Stan Feingold]

Title variation

Heroines

Contributor

• Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
• Clarkes, Lincoln, 1957-
• Feingold, Stan
• Musgrave, Susan

Subject

• Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.) -- Biography
• Drug addicts -- British Columbia | Vancouver -- Interviews
• Heroin abuse -- British Columbia | Vancouver
• Marginality, Social -- British Columbia | Vancouver
• Vancouver (B.C.) -- Biography
• Women -- British Columbia | Vancouver -- Portraits
• Women -- Drug use -- British Columbia | Vancouver

Genre

• Biography
• Interviews
• Portraits

Language

eng

Summary

Presents a raw glimpse into the world of female heroin addicts. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia and told through the images of photographer Lincoln Clarkes, this is a harsh collage of six personal stories that share common themes of abuse, rape, and addiction. Humanizes a world most people ignore, along with the women who inhabit it, struggling to survive at the fringes of society. Also features a series of original poems inspired by the women, written and recited by Canadian writer Susan Musgrave

Cataloging source

CaBVa

Characteristic

videorecording

Runtime

49

Target audience

general

Technique

live action