Love in the Time of Fentanyl (2023)

Directed by

Colin Askey

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a group of volunteers and staff who run an unsanctioned safe injection site in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. It shows their daily work to prevent overdoses and connect with people who use drugs.

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What happens

Love in the Time of Fentanyl is a 2022 documentary film by Colin Askey, about group of people who operate a safe injection site in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver. The film was the winner of the Colin Low Award at the 2022 DOXA Documentary Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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