HIS NAME IS RAY | FEATURE DOCUMENTARY | DIFF2024

Synopsis: HIS NAME IS RAY gives a human face to the growing homelessness and opioid crises.

Ray once had everything. A job that he loved with the Coast Guard. The father to a family. But his addiction took it all away. Now, the former sailor lives on the streets of Toronto with an entire population that seems to have just fallen through the cracks.

With a remarkably compassionate and intimate lens, the audience follows Ray on his precarious journey to get off the streets and back on the water, where—in the ultimate achievement of the oblivion he craves—he could just sail away from it all.

The film has received special presentations at TIFF and HOT DOCS.

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM, "BEEN THERE"

This film contains strong adult themes and drug use