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Love in the Time of Fentanyl

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Love in the Time of Fentanyl

2022

1h 20m

Documentary

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As deaths in Vancouver, Canada reach an all-time high, the Overdose Prevention Society opens its doors—a renegade supervised drug consumption site that employs active and former drug users. Its staff and volunteers do whatever it takes to save lives and give hope to a marginalized community in this intimate documentary that looks beyond the stigma of people who use fentanyl and other drugs.

Jude Dry

IndieWire

The film eschews a journalistic documentary style for a more achievable verité approach, which is initially engaging but leaves something to be desired.

Rated: B

Feb 4, 2023

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Concepción de León

New York Times

Despite the harrowing overdose scenes, Askey manages to infuse “Love in the Time of Fentanyl” with scenes of joy, creativity and friendship...

Feb 2, 2023

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Calan Panchoo

Film Threat

It is a welcome peek behind the curtain at a place many of us regard, perhaps ignorantly, as tainted.

Rated: 7/10

Mar 1, 2023

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

The film may actually present a way forward when, with as few resources as the OPS appears to have at their disposal, it seems smaller communal operations such as this that could make the largest impact...

Feb 14, 2023

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Chris Barsanti

The Playlist

It is not the documentary’s duty to provide answers to a problem for which few experts have a consensus solution. But the film’s lack of a forward-looking vision ultimately makes an already bleak situation appear even more dire.

Rated: B

Feb 14, 2023

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Synopsis

As deaths in Vancouver, Canada reach an all-time high, the Overdose Prevention Society opens its doors—a renegade supervised drug consumption site that employs active and former drug users. Its staff and volunteers do whatever it takes to save lives and give hope to a marginalized community in this intimate documentary that looks beyond the stigma of people who use fentanyl and other drugs.

Director: Colin Askey
Producer: Monika Navarro, Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal
Production Co: Independent Television Service, Lost Time Media
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (TV): Feb 13, 2023
Runtime: 1h 20m