Your ticket to this screening includes both the feature My Promise to PJ and the short film The Long Run: Wes Doty's New Life which will play before it!

PJ Raynor was promised that if he stayed sober for 2 years from heroin he would be taken to run with the bulls in Pamplona Spain. He did but then relapsed and died. Actor Daniel Baldwin then took his ashes and ran with the bulls fulfilling his promise. Screens with the short film: <a href="https://2021.indyfilmfest.org/films/607636a3ab295a0029b5b928" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Long Run: Wes Doty's New Life</a>

My Promise to PJ

PJ Raynor was promised that if he stayed sober for 2 years from heroin he would be taken to run with the bulls in Pamplona Spain. He did but then relapsed and died. Actor Daniel Baldwin then took his ashes and ran with the bulls fulfilling his promise. Screens with the short film: The Long Run: Wes Doty's New Life

A poignant portrait of a young man— Wes Doty— who, like many Americans, has fallen victim to opioid use disorder. This film recounts how the ravages of drug use stole Wes’ life from him and put him on the street with nowhere else to turn—almost. Through a recovery community, Wes finds a love and a passion that changes the course of his entire life.

The Long Run: Wes Doty's New Life

He endured years of extreme heroin use before running across the solution to his recovery.

Q&A for My Promise to PJ

In this discussion moderated by Board Member Jason Roemer, directors of 2021 Indy Film Fest official selections Niav Conty (<a href="https://2021.indyfilmfest.org/films/607636a2ab295a0029b5b906" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Small Time</a>), Daniel Baldwin (<a href="https://2021.indyfilmfest.org/films/60847bf235813500a884a47b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">My Promise to PJ</a>), and C. Thomas Lewis (<a href="https://2021.indyfilmfest.org/films/607636a3ab295a0029b5b928" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Long Run: Wes Doty's New Life</a>) discuss bringing attention to the opioid epidemic through their documentary and narrative films. They are joined by Brian Mancuso to talk about the impact on Indiana in particular and the Indiana State Museum's exhibit <a href="https://www.indianamuseum.org/experiences/fix-heartbreak-hope/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FIX: Heartbreak and Hope Inside Our Opioid Crisis</a>. The films are available to watch through May 19, and the exhibit is open through August 1. <a href="https://2021.indyfilmfest.org/films/60847bf235813500a884a47b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/0ecb17397b3123ba0ab057e844a8f53f.jpg" width="195" style="max-width: 100%;"></a><a href="https://2021.indyfilmfest.org/films/607636a2ab295a0029b5b906" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/1bb9417aecdbb727154dd2463835bf60.jpg" width="200" style="max-width: 100%;"></a><a href="https://2021.indyfilmfest.org/films/607636a3ab295a0029b5b928" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/07bbd0e73cba9c6af3f00dffdee2b8c4.jpg" width="200" style="max-width: 100%;"></a><a href="https://www.indianamuseum.org/experiences/fix-heartbreak-hope/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/21f4e0eb83b7c0803c2f2ee09e47c1c8.jpg" width="595" style="max-width: 100%;"></a>

Exploring the Impact of the Opioid Crisis through Film and Exhibit

Niav Conty (Small Time), Daniel Baldwin (My Promise to PJ), and C. Thomas Lewis (The Long Run: Wes Doty's New Life) discuss bringing attention to the opioid epidemic through their documentary and narrative films along with Brian Mancuso from the Indiana State Museum.

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My Promise to PJ w/The Long Run: Wes Doty's New Life

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