Real Life In The Downtown East Side
Hello All,"¨"¨
I'm a Resident of Vancouver's Downtown East Side, here to trying and raise money, for a Documentary about the neighbourhood, to show people what really goes on here, to show people, what the mainstream media does not show you, I want people to know what is happening to us, I want people to know about the gentrification, that is displacing the residents, and putting them out on the streets.
I want to show people the many different arts programs in the neighbourhood, the music scene, the behind the scene work at the Portland Hotel Society's Insite, Life Skills Drug Users Resource Centre, the harm reduction education they promote, the lives they've saved, I want to show people The Carnegie Centre, Carnegie Community Action Project, Oppenheimer Park, and the many different organization, that provide services to Residents in the neighbourhood.
I'm telling our story, the story of the people who live here, told by the people who live and breath in the DTES, there are many good things, going on here, that people need to know about, people tend to paint a bad picture about the neighbourhood, based on what the "Mainstream Media" reports.
Myself I have a back ground in Audio Engineering and Recorded Music Production, I'm a freelance tech for the Carnegie Centre and Oppenheimer Park, I'm also a Volunteer at the park and co run the open mic, Thursday afternoons in the park 2-4.
The Money raised will go towards, purchasing basic gear needed to shoot/record the documentary, production cost, coffee/food for crew, interviewees etc.
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