Heroin(e)
Sign in to saveHeroin(e) is a 2017 American short documentary film directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon and produced by Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 90th Academy Awards.
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6.9This documentary follows three women — a fire chief, a judge, and a street missionary — as they battle West Virginia's devastating opioid epidemic.
Released: 2017-09-0339 minDir: Elaine McMillion SheldonDocumentary, Crime
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- Published
- 2017
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Elaine McMillion Sheldon
- Narrative location
- West Virginia
- Duration
- +39
- FilmAffinity ID
- 188570
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- heroinethefilm.com
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Heroin(e) is a 2017 American short documentary film directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon and produced by Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 90th Academy Awards.
==Synopsis== The documentary centers on the opioid epidemic, specifically its effect on Huntington, West Virginia, where the overdose rate is 10 times the US average. It follows first responders, judges, and local nonprofits attempting to help people who struggle with opioid addiction and bring them to recovery as the city grips with a growing number of heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses, and eventually, the much more potent fentanyl. Among them are three women alluded to in the film's name: Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader who, with other emergency responders, treats overdose victims; Cabell County Judge Patricia Keller, who heads the drug court; and Necia Freeman of Brown Bag Ministry, who delivers food to women who resort to prostitution to support their addictions.
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2017 American films2017 English-language films2017 films2017 short documentary filmsAmerican short documentary filmsDocumentary films about AppalachiaDocumentary films about drug addictionDrug-related deaths in West VirginiaEnglish-language short documentary filmsFilms about heroin addictionFilms about the opioid epidemicFilms directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon