Oceana, a small coal mining town in Wyoming County, West Virginia, is, on the surface, like any other small town in Appalachia. An hour away from almost any major city, and with an approximate population of 1400, it's small, close-knit and not necessarily very open to outsiders. But quietly simmering underneath the surface of this municipality, an insidious epidemic is growing; a scourge of Oxycontin and prescription pills that has devastated the town and given it the unfortunate nickname of "Oxyana." Directed by Sean Dunne (the helmer behind Emmy-nominated documentary short "The Archive" and the Insane Clown Posse Juggalos documentary "American Juggalo"), "Oxyana" is a gripping and sometimes hard-to-watch portrait of this struggling township under siege by a drug epidemic. Dispassionate in the best sense of the word, "Oxyana" is respectful to the point of being detached. Aside from some hauntingly broken down music by members of Deer Tick (which resembles the wailing...
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