October 27,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, This film may be one of the most important you see this year. Please join us for a screening of “Warning: This Drug May Kill You” and a panel discussion about the opioid crisis at the Reel Voices Film Festival on Friday, November 3 @ 7pm. See the TRAILER:
Reel Voices Film Festival: “WARNING: This Drug May Kill You”
Ridgewood Public Library
Friday, Nov. 3, 7:00-9:00 pm
or call 201-670-5600.
“WARNING: This Drug May Kill You” (2017; US, TV-14; 1h)
An unflinching look at the devastating effects of opioid addiction in the U.S., profiling four families whose lives have been decimated by addictions that all began with legitimate prescriptions to dangerous painkillers. Through the personal and emotional stories of people on the front lines of this epidemic, the film sheds light on the struggles of ordinary people who were prescribed highly addictive opioid pain medications, which are often the gateway to a very similar opioid, heroin. ($5 per program; free for Middle and High School Students)
SPEAKERS
Perri Peltz: Director, Producer, Journalist
Gail Cole: Film Subject & Co-Founder, Hope and Healing After Addition
Sgt. Mark Panjwani: Drug Recogntion Expert; Paramedic, Beverly Police Dept, MA
Warning: This Drug May Kill You (2017) by broadcast journalist Perri Peltz is a harrowing look at opioid addiction in the US. Before the coronavirus, America was plagued by a different epidemic. And while a vaccine for Covid-19 will hopefully be developed in the near future, more than 2 million Americans are addicted to opioids with seemingly no hope in sight.
Veteran director Norman Stone joins Factual America to discuss the film, the opioid epidemic in America, and his own work looking into the topic. Norman’s latest film, The Final Fix (2020) offers a glimmer of hope to the addicted, if only the government would listen.
Listen to their discussion here: https://www.alamopictures.co.uk/podcast/2020/05/04/opioid-addiction-this-drug-may-kill-you/