The Caring Community: Ithaca and the Movement for Supervised Injection Facilities
Channel: Matt Curtis
Date: 2017-05-04

In 2016, the small city of Ithaca, New York made national news when its mayor and district attorney became the first senior elected officials in the United States to endorse opening a supervised injection facility (SIF) as part of a broad drug policy reorientation. This bold move not only raised the profile of advocacy for SIFs around the country, but started a conversation about the need for safer drug use spaces in small towns and suburban and rural communities. The Caring Community is a short documentary film that tells Ithaca’s story through the words of people who use drugs, elected and law enforcement officials, and healthcare providers.

The Caring Community was made by Taeko Frost and Matt Curtis through the nonprofit Sawbuck Films group with generous support from the Henry van Ameringen Foundation and the Drug Policy Alliance.