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Supervisor Joe Simitian | District 5
Supervisor Joe Simitian | District 5
Activities and festivals Community Event

Fentanyl High documentary film screening

Presented by Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian and the City of Mountain View

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 @ 6 - 7:30 PM
SecondStage at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT.

This event is currently sold out. Please call (650) 903-6000 if you wish to be added to the waitlist.

Please note: Due to the limited capacity for this event and the waitlist demand, we may not be able to accommodate you if you arrive after the screening begins.

Targeted specifically to high school students, Fentanyl High is a feature-length documentary film about the opioid epidemic and the dangers of fentanyl as researched and directed by Kyle Santoro, a student at Los Gatos High School. The film shares the perspectives and experiences of high school students in Santa Clara County, and explores how teens are dealing with their emotional pain at home and at school, why teens turn to social media to buy fentanyl-laced drugs, and what reforms need to be made to save young lives.

“I made this film to inspire teens to save their own lives and those of their friends, their sisters, brothers, or family members,” Santoro said. “I hope teens will ask themselves, ‘How can I be a better friend? How can I save a friend’s life?’”

The film features real stories by parents who have lost teens to fentanyl poisoning, as well as first-hand experiences of paramedics, doctors, and government officials who are working to address this issue.

County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who is featured in the film, will provide opening remarks, along with Santoro.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(650) 903-6000
Call (650) 903-6000 to be added to the waitlist.
Kyle Santoro, Director of Fentanyl High documentary.
Kyle Santoro is the Director of Fentanyl High, a documentary film about the fentanyl poisoning of teens. A senior at Los Gatos High School, he is a creative imagemaker from the Bay Area. Having grown up in Taiwan as a biracial teen, Kyle already sees and embodies two completely different worlds - one in English, the other in Chinese. Kyle uses filmmaking to tie together worlds that often do not cross. His passion for filmmaking ignited in July 2021 when he filmed a 2-minute short about the homeless on the back streets and hidden alleys of San Francisco. Then, he started filming varsity football games at his high school that went viral on social media. Within a few months, he was getting calls to shoot and edit sports reels for high school and collegiate athletes, as well as sports tournaments all over the Bay Area. By mid-sophomore year, Kyle started his own film production company, LC2 Productions, through which he has been commissioned to shoot the “MOSAIC DEI Curriculum Series” for the entire student body for his high school; the annual LGHS Lip Dub music video; as well as PSAs for local nonprofits, Santa Clara County Fire Department, Los Gatos Police Department, and the Town of Los Gatos.