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Love is the Drug

Name: Love is the Drug
Released: 2025
Duration: 18 min

Director Liz Roberts

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Love is the Drug tells the story of Heather Edney’s drug user organizing which began in Santa Cruz while she was caring for a child born HIV positive. The film brings together a trove of archival materials with more recent 16mm footage of Edney and Loya.

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Director: Liz Roberts
Country/Region: United States
Year: 2025
Length: 18min
Original language: English

Director

Liz Roberts

Her films situate personal histories in political landscapes, navigating from her lived experience and bringing decades of behind the scenes work in mutual aid. Roberts has exhibited with galleries, museums, alternative spaces, and film festivals.

From Women Make Waves International Film Festival 2026, No. 33

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Love is the DrugWomen Make Waves International Film Festival 2026, No. 33Radical Bodies: Normal Screen: My Comrades

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Women Make Waves International Film Festival, 2026Radical Bodies: Normal Screen: My Comrades, Official selection

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Liz Roberts

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