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Screening of Heroin(E) w/ Director Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Jan Rader

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March 7, 2018
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Wexner Center for the Arts, Film/Video Theatre

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Add to Calendar 2018-03-07 19:00:00 2018-03-07 21:00:00 Screening of Heroin(E) w/ Director Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Jan Rader Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Documentary, Short Subject), Heroin(e) is a powerful look at the opioid crisis in Huntington, West Virginia, where the overdose rate is 10 times the national average. Sheldon, a Peabody Award–winning filmmaker, focuses on signs of hope emerging from the center of the epidemic there by following three women who are working to break the devastating cycle of drug abuse, one person at a time. One of those remarkable women, Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader, joins us along with the film’s director for what’s sure to be a memorable evening. (39 mins., video)Purchase FREE tickets ASAP on the WexArts website (tickets will go fast!).Copresented with The Wexner Center for the Arts and The Appalachian Studies Network. Wexner Center for the Arts, Film/Video Theatre Center for Folklore Studies cfs@osu.edu America/New_York public

Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Documentary, Short Subject), Heroin(e) is a powerful look at the opioid crisis in Huntington, West Virginia, where the overdose rate is 10 times the national average. Sheldon, a Peabody Award–winning filmmaker, focuses on signs of hope emerging from the center of the epidemic there by following three women who are working to break the devastating cycle of drug abuse, one person at a time. One of those remarkable women, Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader, joins us along with the film’s director for what’s sure to be a memorable evening. (39 mins., video)

Purchase FREE tickets ASAP on the WexArts website (tickets will go fast!).

Copresented with The Wexner Center for the Arts and The Appalachian Studies Network.