Zero Tolerance

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Zero Tolerance

1993

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A documentary about the Parkdale neighbourhood of Toronto in the early 1990s focusing on prostitution, street drugs, and gentrification.

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Fred Blucher

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Arline Smith

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Henrik Bechmann

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Jim Sneep

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Alec Keefer

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Mary Ford

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Andrea Lee-Burnet

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Bob Rose

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Esrom Mokgakala

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Gwendolyn

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Debby Clarke

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