KEYWORDS: Addiction, harm reduction, drug use
Comme entendre à travers une feuille de métal offers a sensitive and intimate look at the complex world of injection drug use, through the experiences of Marianne, M. and Lion: a wander through the rituals of daily life, the interstices of the city, and the confines of memory.
Mariane Béliveau is a French documentary filmmaker and sociologist. She has been interested in documentary film since her studies in sociology and has also worked as a social worker. She is the author of two short documentaries, Narratives from Saint Gabriel (2017) and I Usually Sing It in the Shower (2018).
Mariane Béliveau is a French documentary filmmaker and sociologist. She has been interested in documentary film since her studies in sociology and has also worked as a social worker. She is the author of two short documentaries, Narratives from Saint Gabriel (2017) and I Usually Sing It in the Shower (2018).
One of our team of Rendezvous with Madness film programmers, Emma Badame, is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved entertainment journalist, the current Managing Editor at That Shelf, and an award-nominated digital marketing strategist for film, television, and not-for-profit arts organizations. Her coverage has appeared in POV, Billboard and Cineplex Magazines, on The Mary Sue, eTalk, Breakfast Television, PopLife, MuchMusic and more. This is her fourth year with the festival.
The Infernal Grove is an unsystematic structural analysis of drug use, addiction and recovery (and not necessarily in that order). This free online user group is an unstructured meeting where people are encouraged to talk about their relationships with drugs/alcohol and sobriety.
All are welcome. No particular topic, except the ones participants wish to bring to the virtual table.
User Groups are informal meetings where participants share their experiences and perspectives on drugs/alcohol, addiction/sobriety and everything in between. All are welcome to join the conversation. This month, we’ll open with a short presentation on the sensibilities and principles that have animated our work so far, and how we hope the project will unfold going forward.
Join us for this special edition of User Group as part of the Rendezvous with Madness Festival!
For more information about The Infernal Grove please visit www.theinfernalgrove.com
The Infernal Grove is an unsystematic structural analysis of drug use, addiction and recovery (not necessarily in that order). It is anti-carceral, anti-prohibition and seeks to amplify the voices of radical harm-reductionists and their coalitions. It recognizes the value of the sacred while rejecting all forms of piety. It posits wonder and the land as spaces of enchantment, as not an antidote to but an extension of the space opened up by drugs.
It’s based on the artists’ lived experience of drug use and the consequent interventions of state and medical establishments, which included both involuntary hospitalization and outpatient rehabilitation.
Time: 6 – 7:30 PM (ET)
Workshop Length: 1.5 hrs
ONLINE – Free and open to all