Join your neighbors for a screening of the 2022 film "Love in the Time of Fentanyl" followed by a panel discussion on Overdose Prevention Centers. The film screening and panel discussion will take place on Wednesday, June 12, at 7:00pm at The Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, courtesy of Main Street Landing, host sponsor for the event. Doors open at 6:30pm.
The 2022 film, directed by Canadian filmmaker Colin Askey, chronicles "A group of misfits, artists, and drug users who operate 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." The film will be followed by a one-hour panel discussion and Naloxone (Narcan) training for interested community members.
For more information or to help spread the word, please contact Christopher Haessly, Church Street Marketplace Commissioner, at chaessly@burlingtonvt.gov.