Storming Caesar's Palace , screening + discussion Indie Lens PopUp
Storming Caesar's Palace , screening + discussion Indie Lens PopUp
Sat, Mar 18, 10:00 AM
Loma Colorado Main Library • Rio Rancho, NM
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Love in the Time of Fentanyl - FREE Indie Lens Popup Screening - IN PERSON
A safe injection site gives hope to a marginalized community ravaged by fentanyl deaths. Screening followed by discussion.
By NMPBS
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International District Library 7601 Central Avenue Northeast Albuquerque, NM 87108
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Join NMPBS, Bernalillo County Community Health Council, and the International District Library for an in-person screening of the documentary, Love in the Time of Fentanyl. Following the film will be a discussion moderated by Andrea Quijada, Outreach and Engagement Specialist for NMPBS. The panel will include Pelatia Trujillo, DOPE Services, Ashley Charzuk, NM Harm Reduction, Mark Clark, DOH Care Compass, and Brian McMath, opioid litigation expert.
1:30 – 2:00 pm Registration and Light Snacks 2:00 – 3:00 pm Film screening 3:00 – 3:30 pm Panel discussion
Film Description: As fentanyl overdose deaths in Vancouver, Canada reach an all-time high, the Overdose Prevention Society opens its doors—a renegade safe injection site that employs current or former drug users. Its staff and volunteers save lives and give hope to a marginalized community, doing whatever it takes to remain open, in this intimate documentary that looks beyond the stigma of injection drug users.
View trailer HERE
