Devil Plays Hardball – documentary for CBC Newsworld

Toronto. Feb. 5, 2008 — If you could get one person off the street, would you? Could you? “Devil Plays Hardball” is a radical interventionist documentary by Paperny Films that seeks to answer this question. Four well-established Vancouver residents have 10-months to mentor homeless individuals from various Vancouver neighborhoods who have the desire — but not necessarily the means — to re-enter mainstream society. What ensues is a complicated journey that provides an up-close and intimate look at the people most of us choose to ignore — Canada’s homeless. “Devil Plays Hardball” premieres Sun., March 9 at 10:00 pm ET/PT on CBC News: The Passionate Eye.