Through the Blue Lens is the story of a working relationship between two unlikely groups of people; police officers and drug users. While the Mannix team was filming their prior documentary, Down Here, they met two officers who had something to say about the gentrification of the Downtown Eastside. At the time, the officers had been using still cameras to document many of the circumstances people suffered. They took these images to local schools in an attempt to educate youth. Seeing the potential the video camera could offer, the officers asked the Mannix team to help them create an educational video. The Mannix team started by teaching camera handling and talked about camera ethics and power relationships. Following videotaping the officers would leave the video tapes with Veronica Mannix for screening and comments. It was during this time that Veronica saw her story - the relationship of two unlikely groups of people coming together to try and make a difference. She pitched the story and the National Film Board supported her vision. Veronica used 20 minutes of the officers 100 hours of videotape, the remainder of the footage was shot by Daniel Mannix. Through a Blue Lens started out with seven police officers and nineteen drug users, the final participants in the film included four officers and six drug users. Though a Blue Lens is 52 minutes. Following the completion of this project Veronica moved on to complete The Whistleblowers - the story of speaking out about wrong doing in the work place.