Bay Street Healer

Toronto psychiatrist Gordon Warme M.D. claims to be a participant in a vital cultural ritual, “one of countless rituals that give relief to humans...the most culture-bound of creatures.”

Cast

Gordon Warme

as Self

Jane Hawtin

as Self (archive footage)

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