“I may be new to filmmaking, but I am not new to the realities this film is about,” says James Walden of Woodfin.
The first-time aspiring documentarian is in the process of capturing the fentanyl crisis through personal stories and is asking Western North Carolina residents to share their journeys.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used in medical settings. It can be produced cheaply and is 50-100 times more potent than morphine, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. It’s especially dangerous because it can be used as a “filler” in other drugs, leading people to overdose…