Never Use Alone
26 min
English
An overdose intervention hotline operator desperately juggles a cascade of life-or-death calls over one harrowing night.
An overdose intervention hotline operator fights to keep callers alive through a relentless overnight shift, racing to dispatch help when voices fall silent. Still haunted by the overdose death of her eldest daughter, Ramona forms raw, intimate connections with callers that force her to confront her own grief and guilt.
- Status
- Released
Keywords
- addiction
- grief
- mother daughter relationship
- fentanyl
- short film
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Top Cast
Chelah Horsdal as Ramona
Bethany Brown as Jenny (Voice)
Jessica Sutton as Aaliyah
Aleks Paunovic as Peter (Voice)
Moneca Delain as 911 Operator (Voice)
Jason Simpson as 911 Operator (Voice)
Brian Dobson as Paramedic (Voice)
Emily Delahunty as Teenage Girl (Voice)
Top Crew
Colin Matthews · Director, Writer
Aaron Nathanson · Cinematographer
Cameron Mackenzie · Editor
Josh Hauca · Producer
Dan Clarke · Executive Producer
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