Official trailer for Canada's 'Love in the Time of Fentanyl' documentary film

“Tender as ugly… admitting the war on drugs is lost.” The sad truth that many are struggling to face. The official trailer debuted for a documentary film titled Love in the Time of Fentanyl, by Canadian filmmaker Colin Askey. This premiered at two major documentary film festivals last year – DOXA and DOC NYC – and it will start playing in theaters in February. The documentary film is an "intimate and compassionate look at the front lines of the overdose crisis". Executive produced by fellow filmmaker Sean Baker. In Love in the Time of Fentanyl, a group of misfits, artists, and drug addicts operate a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, specifically at a forward-thinking center overdose prevention. The film is an empathetic portrait of a community fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighborhood ravaged by fentanyl and other opioids. Sounds like a particularly compassionate review of this drug crisis.

Here is the official trailer (+ poster) for Colin Askey's documentary Love in the Time of Fentanyl, from YouTube:

Vancouver, Canada is ground zero for Canada's opioid crisis with fentanyl overdose deaths at an all-time high. To save lives and support the marginalized community, a group of current and former drug addicts volunteer at the Overdose Prevention Society (OPS), a safe injection site. Through intimate observation, this documentary goes beyond the stigma of injection drug users and offers hope and empathetic ways to address the crisis that is ravaging too many communities. The Love in the Time of Fentanyl is directed by Canadian filmmaker Colin Askey, director of the film Roger's Pass previously, as well as a few other projects. Produced by Monika Navarro, Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal. Executive produced by Sean Baker and Sally Jo Fifer. This premiered at the DOXA Film Festival in Canada and at DOC NYC last year. Castle Mountain Media will debut Love in the Time of Fentanyl in select US theaters (Firehouse Cinema in New York) beginning February 3, 2023, and it will be available on PBS's Independent Lens later in February .

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