Love in the Time of Fentanyl (FREE Screening)
Schedule
Tue Oct 15 2024 at 06:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Douglas College | New Westminster, BC
In marking Homelessness Action Week in New Westminster this year, Douglas College and the New Westminster Overdose Community Action Team are collaborating to bring a free community screening of the award-winning documentary, Love in the Time of Fentanyl on October 15th, 2024.ABOUT THE FILM:
A group of misfits, artists, and drug users operates a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Love in the Time of Fentanyl is an intimate portrait of a community fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighborhood ravaged by the overdose crisis.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl had its World Premiere at the 21st DOXA Documentary Film Festival, where it was featured as the Justice Forum Special Presentation and took home the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director!
Director, Editor, Producer: Colin Askey
Producers: Monika Navarro, Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal
Cinematography: Colin Askey, Eric D. Sanderson
Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Sean Baker
A co-production of Castle Mountain Media, Lost Time Media, and ITVS, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as well as the Sundance Institute (with support from Just Films/Ford Foundation and the Open Society Foundations).
The filmmakers encourage donations to Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Date: October 15, 2024
Location: Room N2201, Douglas College New Westminster Campus (700 Royal Avenue)
Doors: 6:00 PM
Screening: 6:30 PM
Doors open at 6:00 PM, the showing begins at 6:30 PM. There will be a panel discussion with filmmakers and advocates following the film, as well as food and refreshments, so make sure you stick around!
CONTENT ADVISORY:
Viewer discretion is advised. This program contains content that may be upsetting for viewers, including scenes of overdose and stories of traumatic death and loss. The film screening is not meant to promote, oppose, or judge the use of drugs; rather it is meant to offer a broader understanding of the issue.
