If you go
› What: Screening of “Heroin(e)” and Q&A with principals from the documentary› When: 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23› Where: Northside Presbyterian Church, 923 Mississippi Ave.› Admission: Free› Phone: 423-266-1766› Website: NorthsidePresbyterian.com
Two of the three women at the heart of the opioid crisis in Huntington, West Virginia, will be in Chattanooga on Saturday for a screening of the Oscar-nominated Netflix original film "Heroin(e)."
After the 10 a.m. screening at Northside Presbyterian Church, Jan Rader, deputy chief of the Huntington Fire Department, and Judge Patricia Keller of the Cabell County Drug Court will talk about their roles in trying to help the residents of Huntington deal with addiction and overdose issues.
"Heroin(e)" follows the efforts of Rader, Huntington and Brown Bag Ministries founder Necia Freeman, a street missionary, as they deal with being on the front lines fighting drug abuse.
Rader is the sister of Northside's pastor, the Rev. Paul Rader. Time magazine named her to its list of 100 Most Influential People of 2018.
Huntington has become the epicenter of the modern opioid epidemic, with an overdose rate 10 times the national average, numbers linked to prescriptions for highly addictive opioids for pain relief and, when those run out, heroin.
"Heroin(e)" won an Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary in 2018 and was nominated for a Best Documentary Short Subject Oscar.