September 18, 2021
2021-09-18T18:00:00
ROCKVILLE GOES PURPLE: Academy-Award Winning Director to Discuss HBO Documentary, “The Crime of the Century” (VIRTUAL)
Saturday, September 18, 2021
An exclusive virtual conversation with the director and contributors to the HBO documentary, “The Crime of the Century,” as part of Rockville Goes Purple, the city's monthlong September campaign to bring awareness to the national impact of opioid addiction and signal hope for recovery.
Academy-Award Winning Director to Discuss HBO Documentary, “The Crime of the Century”
An exclusive virtual conversation with the director and contributors to the HBO documentary, “The Crime of the Century,” as part of Rockville Goes Purple, the city's monthlong September campaign to bring awareness to the national impact of opioid addiction and signal hope for recovery.
The discussion, featuring a Q&A, will be held 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 via WebEx, with Emmy- and Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, and guest and documentary participant Jonathan Novak, a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency attorney.
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The event is free to and open to the public.
A two-part documentary, “The Crime of the Century” explores the origins, extent and fallout of one of the most devastating public health tragedies of our time, with half a million deaths from overdoses this century alone. The film reveals that America’s opioid epidemic is not a public health crisis that emerged from nowhere. The two-part HBO documentary film, “The Crime of the Century,” is available on HBO and HBO MAX.
Learn more about “The Crime of the Century” at www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-crime-of-the-century.