Such a frustrating disappointment

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Heroin(e) is a short documentary that tells the inspiring story of three different women in West Virginia who help people cope with Heroin addition. The documentary is informative and very emotionally captivating throughout the 39-minute runtime. It displayed some truly heartbreaking events, comeback stories, and some inspiring women. Hats off to the documentary team on this one for taking one of the biggest issues in the United States and showing how it affects so many across the country. This is worth watching for anyone who enjoys documentaries, loves stories about strong women, or is interested in the drug epidemic.

Theres one small moment that says it all: in the convenience store as five EMS workers treat an OD guy on the floor, off to the right but not so far in the background, people continue to buy their sodas and the convenience store employee pays it zero mind (and the camera being there has nothing to do with it). This is business as usual, and it's not unlike how America also is looking at school shootings: just another fucking day in this country.Although Heroin(e) may not show us too much more than any given (recent) episode of Intervention, the focus on these three women - the fire dept employee (an ex nurse who as she says will always have it in her to help people) and the drug court judge (far kinder than most judges id imagine) - makes it a unique and wholly important cinematic document of a crisis.

There was nothing new or revealing in this documentary for anyone who is even reasonably conversant with the news. The one thing that stood out for me was the lady who worked at the fire department. There was no mistaking her caliber. It's people like her who lead humble lives but walk head and shoulders above the rest of us. They go about their days doing what most of us would find physically and emotionally draining to do even once, expecting nothing in return but the joy of helping another. There are no words to express how much respect and affection I felt for this strong, selfless stranger.

10/18/17. A somewhat whitewashed version of the current opiate epidemic that some may find inspirational. While it gives viewers an inside look at what first responders must deal with when it comes to overdoses, it paints a somewhat skewed picture of those addicted. Those individuals highlighted as drug users seem a lot more cooperative than they really are. If they were this cooperative there wouldn't be such a big problem. Maybe it'll raise awareness. The one to watch is FBI's "Chasing the Dragon" on Youtube.