Odd Squad Productions (Firm)

Crystal methamphetamine has roared across the globe, leaving wrecked lives, broken dreams, and death in its wake. Meth use has cost millions of dollars in policing and health expenditures. 'Scathed' analyzes the problem through the eyes of current and recovering users, their families, health-care workers, and police. This hard-hitting documentary demonstrates that using crystal meth essentially poisons the soul; it offers a fast track to a living...

This film destroys the myth that drug abuse affects just the user, as life and death unfolds in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. 'Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens' follows the short, tragic life of April Reoch as told by Al Arsenault, the beat cop who first warned the fresh-faced 17-year-old to leave the streets. Within six months, April was hooked on drugs and prostituting herself.. We follow April's life-and-death struggle: from those first...

The Gang Educational Program has 3 modules. The first module is a detailed look at two young brothers and their spiral into the BC gang lifestyle, with the predictable tragic outcome. Module Two looks at the largest gang exit strategy in the world, "Homeboy Industries" in L.A. with OSP members interviewing the founder, Father Greg Boyle. The last module is a profile of an incredibly successful Lower Mainland anti-gang strategy called the Wrap Program.....