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Tribeca 2013: Top Awards Announced for World Competitions

Tribeca’s 12th annual festival, running from April 17-28, recently announced that their festival awards, including the top juried world competitions going to The Rocket, The Kill Team, Whitewash and Oxyana. See below for the official press release. 2013 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARDS * * * THE ROCKET, THE KILL TEAM, WHITEWASH AND OXYANA WIN …

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‘Oxyana’ Movie Review – has much misery to document, but little new to say about it

The abuse of prescription drugs, particularly Oxycontin and related medications, has reached epidemic status in many rural American communities, but nowhere is it worse than the Oceana section of West Virginia, nicknamed “Oxyana” by the residents. Oceana’s levels of drug abuse are so high that at one point during Sean Dunne’s new documentary Oxyana, a doctor claims that an entire generation of residents has become lost – even those who do not die may never have a valuable contribution to society.

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