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The House I Live In

A documentary screening at Spartacus Books!


6:30pm
- 10:00pm
Jeudi Décembre 12 2013

Venue: Spartacus Books
Address: 684 East Hastings Street
Cost: Free / By Donation
Accessibility: Spartacus Books is on the ground/street level. Both the outer door and the bathroom door are 800mm (31.49 inches) in width. In the gender neutral bathroom, there is one bar directly to the left of the toilet and one bar directly behind it. The inside of Spartacus is all one level except for a slight bump (about 1mm in height) close to the back.

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Mandatory minimums, draconian drug laws, and a push for more privatization... although The House I Live In focuses on the USA, we will be screening it at Spartacus Books for it's increasing relevance to the nation-state of Canada. Come join us for this insightful documentary & post screening discussion!

"From the dealer to the grieving mother, the narcotics officer to the senator, the inmate to the federal judge, the film offers a penetrating look inside America’s longest war, offering a definitive portrait and revealing its profound human rights implications.

While recognizing the seriousness of drug abuse as a matter of public health, the film investigates the tragic errors and shortcomings that have meant it is more often treated as a matter for law enforcement, creating a vast machine that feeds largely on America’s poor, and especially on minority communities. Beyond simple misguided policy, The House I Live In examines how political and economic corruption have fueled the war for forty years, despite persistent evidence of its moral, economic, and practical failures." (THILI's About Page)

Please click here for movie trailer.


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