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A Day in the Life: The World of Humans Who Use Drugs

BERLIN      BUDAPEST     СИМФЕРОПОЛЬ     CIUDAD DE MÉXICO     JAKARTA     LAGOS     NEW YORK

A Day in the Life:
The World of Humans Who Use Drugs

"The film gives us an astonishingly intimate look at the lives, tribulations and inspiring resilience of drug using human beings." Gabor Maté M.D.

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About the documentary film

The film takes us through one day in the life of eight people, from seven cities, in seven different countries of the world, from morning until night. They all have something in common - all of them use drugs. But these people are not defined by their drug use. All of them have their unique personalities, stories, and social networks. And the environment in which they live, the attitudes they face, the laws that regulate drug use, and the health services available to them have an enormous impact on their lives. This film is not only about drug users - it was also produced by drug users. It strives to challenge our common myths and preconceptions about drugs and the people who use them. It gives a voice to those representing one of the most marginalised communities of our world, to tell stories untold about hate, love, suffering, and happiness. It shows how they engage in social activism to break the silence and fight the stigma that shadows their days. The film won the golden medal for best documentary at the Online Video Award of Kreatív Magazine in 2017 in Hungary.

The trailer

The full film with English subtitles

You can download the video file and subtitles here!

Quotes

“From the Crimea to Budapest, from New York and Mexico City to Indonesia and Nigera, this poignant film gives us an astonishingly intimate look at the lives, tribulations and inspiring resilience of drug using human beings. The message is one of compassion, the vision is that effective responses to the international drug crisis are within our grasp.”

Gabor Maté M.D.
Author, In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction

"The prejudice and stigma faced every day and every where in the world by people who use drugs, will not decrease unless together with them, we can fight misconceptions and change the negative perception they suffer from society. It is what this powerful movie is aiming to do."

Michel Kazatchkine
UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

The Authors

The documentary was filmed by people who use drugs and human rights activists. They are members of the Video for Drug Policy Reform Network, by the Rights Reporter Foundation. The movie was produced by the Rights Reporter Foundation.

CAST

BERLIN: Claudia Schieren

BUDAPEST: Éva and Oszkár

JAKARTA: Edo Agustian

LAGOS: Diana Joseph

MEXICO CITY: Brun González

NEW YORK: Jimmy Ruiz

SIMFEROPOL: Alexey Kurmanaevskii

CO-DIRECTORS AND FILM CREWS

BERLIN: Alexandra Gurinova, Ágnes Pákozdi, Dirk Schäffer

BUDAPEST: István Gábor Takács

JAKARTA: Fazrie Permana, Indonesian Drug Users Network

LAGOS: Kolawole Oreoluwa, Akeem Lukman, Muritala Raheemat Module

MEXICO CITY: Karina Muscarina

NEW YORK: Taeko Frost, Matt Curtis – VOCAL New York

SIMFEROPOL: Igor Kuzmenko – DUNews

OTHER credits

MUSIC: Róka Alapú Társadalom

SOUND ENGINEERING: Péter Wagner-Puskás

PROOF-READER: Jerry Dorey

PRODUCER Péter Sárosi, director of the Rights Reporter Foundation

DIRECTED and EDITED by István Gábor Takács, video manager of the Rights Reporter Foundation

Screenings

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Germany: BALi-Kinos, Rainer Dierichs Platz 1, 34117 Kassel, 5pm, 31.01.2018

United Kingdom: John Snow Lecture Theatre, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom, 2018 18:00 – 19:30, 31.01.2018

Portugal: Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (ISPUP) Rua das Taipas no135 4050-600 Porto, 17.12.2017

Mexico: Cine Tonalá, 21.10.2017

Germany: Frankfurt, Integrative Drogenhilfe Eastside 01.09.2017

Mexico: Universidad Justo Sierra 07.10.2017

Mexico: Faro de Aragón, 06.10.2017

USA: Harm Reduction Coalition – 22 West 27th St., 5th Floor. New York, NY 02.10.2017

Finnland: Kino Andorra, Helsinki. 05.10.2017, Helsinki Time TBA

Czech Republic: POVALEČ SUMMER FESTIVAL, Valeč town, 03.-05.08.2017 Time TBA

Germany: Paderborn, AIDS Hilfe Paderborn 21.07.2017

Czech Republic: VlčkoviceFest 2017 During the day – Vlčkovice farm, Neustupov, 15.7.2017 Time TBA

Estonia: Kultuuriklubi Kelm, Tallin, 7 pm. 10.07.2017

USA: San Francisco, VOCAL, 28.06.2017

Switzerland: Geneva Platform on Human Rights, Health and Psychoactive Substances, Campus Biotech, University of Geneva, 26.06.2017

Poland: Dzień z życia użytkowników narkotyków | Support. Don’t punish
Krytyka Polityczna, Foksal 16, p.II, 00-372 Warsaw, Poland, 26.06.2017 19:00-21:30

Czech Republic: LŠHR – Summer school of Harm reduction 2017 Evening – Měchenice, Prague, 21.–23.06.2017 Time TBA

USA: Drugs in Documentary Films: A Showcase, at the Open Society Foundations, 224 West 57th street, 21.06.2017 17:30-19:30

USA: Dolby Studios 1350 6th Avenue, New York NY 10019, 17.06.2017, 18:00-21:00

Czech Republic: AT KONFERENCE 2017, Kongres Hotel Jezerka, 04.06.2017, 20.00-22.30

Austria – Gumpendorfer Straße 65, 1060 Vienna, 01.06.2017 at 7 PM – 10 PM

Hungary – Mustárház IITI, Szent István utca 20., Nyíregyháza, 4400, 26.05.2017

Germany: Hochschule Merseburg, Fachbereich Soziales.Medien und Kultur „Drogen und Soziale Arbeit“ Eberhard-Leibnitz-Str. 2, 06217 Merseburg 04.05.2017 11:00

Russia: Center for Contemporary Culture “Smena” Kazan, st. Burkhana Shahidi, 7, 01.05.2017, 18:00 (6:00 PM)
Россия: Центр современной культуры «Смена» город Казань, ул. Бурхана Шахиди, 7, 1.05.2017 18:00 (6:00 р.м.)

Germany: Moviemento-Kino Berlin, Kottbusser Damm 22, Berlin-Kreuzberg, 28.04.2017, 14:00 Uhr

Czech Republic: Charles University – Faculty of Humanities – Film club – U Kříže 8, 158 00 Prague 5 – Jinonice, 26.4.2017, 18:30

Czech Republic: „Filmové nášlehy“, Charles University – Faculty of Addictology, Karlovo náměstí 40, Praha 2, 25.4.2017, 17:30

Hungary: ELTE Kriminológia tanszék / ELTE Department of Criminology, 25.04.2017

Indonesia: Manik Organik Restaurant, Bali. 07.04.2017

Germany: VISION e.V. Verein für innovative Drogenselbsthilfe, Neuerburgstr. 25, 51103 Köln, 06.04.2017

Nigeria: Lagos State Agency for Control Of AIDS Conference Hall. 31.03.2017 10:00am

Hungary: Otthon mozi – Europa Cinemas, 6000 Kecskemét, Kossuth tér 4. 29.03.2017 18:00

Ukraine: Zhovten Cinema, Kiev, Ukraine, 18.03.2017, 14:00, Кинотеатр “Жовтень”, Киев, Украина, 18 Марта 2017 года, с 14-00

Hungary: Ökofilmklub – A38 Hajó, Budapest, március 9. este 19:00 és 22:30 között.

Hungary: ELTE Pszichológia Tanszék (Térkép), 2017.02.28. 17:00

Hungary: ELTE Társadalomtudományi Kar (Térkép), 2017.02.20 18:00

USA: Harm Reduction Film Festival at the 11th National Harm Reduction Conference in San Diego, California, November 3–6, 2016. Saturday 05.11.2016 at 16:00.

Budapest: VERZIO International Human Rights Film Festival in Budapest. 12.11.2016. 12:00 Toldi Mozi

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