AUGUST 5, 2015, 7:42 PM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015, 7:47 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
our North Jersey filmmakers banded together this summer to shoot a documentary they are hoping will address the stigma associated with heroin addiction.
Called “Epidemic H,” the 30-minute film will cast light on the devastation that heroin has wrought across suburban neighborhoods statewide and the crippling effects that the low-cost drug has had on its users, their families, friends, communities, local health organizations and law enforcement agencies.
“This is a drug that doesn’t discriminate and at this point, everyone knows someone who has been affected by heroin,” said Ken Spooner of River Vale. “We want people struggling with addiction to be able to relate to this film, which we hope will even the playing field. We want people to know what addiction is, and that it’s an illness that can be treated if you go about it the right way.”
Spooner and Mike O’Brien of Westwood, two of the executive producers, previously produced and directed “To Be Strong,” a 2014 movie about amateur pugilist Anthony Daniels and the Ridgewood native’s determined battle against blood cancer.
The other executive producers are Mike Mee, a filmmaker from Pompton Plains, and Dorothy Fucito, a movie producer from Ridgewood.