This was nominated for Best Documentary Short but also did not win.The film follows three women --Jan Rader, Deputy Fire Chief, Patricia Keller, Drug Court judge, and Necia Freeman, leader of the Brown Bag Ministry-- as they try and minimize the opioid epidemic ravaging Huntington, West Virginia. Rader pushes her firefighters and EMTs to use new treatments for overdoses, trying to combat the cynicism of people who see ODs as wastes of time and resources. Keller is firm but fair in her sentencing, taking a genuine interest in the lives of convicted in the hopes of turning them around. Freeman gives food, encouragement, and support along with brown bag lunches to the working girls of Huntington's streets, many of whom are also addicts.
Honestly, anything dealing with drug abuse and overdoses is goddamn depressing. How these women have managed to hold on to any hope that things will get better is beyond me. It is truly heroic.
If you need a little bit of a lift, like you want to acknowledge that the world is shitty but still have kind of a silver lining, give this documentary a look. It's only about 40 minutes.
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