Second Lane

Second Lane

2018 · 29 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

Second Lane is a story about drug addiction, living with it and fighting it. It is a documentary about people who use intravenous drugs and the professionals and peers working with those people. What happens when ‘Vinkki’, a social and healthcare counselling centre in Helsinki, closes its doors due to a lost contract.

Directed by Sampsa Huttunen · Written by Sampsa Huttunen

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