Mom's in the paper!

Meibhín was delighted to see her mom Mary Sue Connolly featured in the Jan. 6 issue of the Irish Echo after the family picked up a copy in Brooklyn. “My daughter is finally starting to show me some respect,” the filmmaker quipped. The story focuses on Connolly’s documentary, "Overdosed," which is about a young woman named Bre and her friends dealing with the consequences of the opioid epidemic in small-town West Virginia. The online version, with additional visuals, can be read by clicking here.

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