The Bluegrass State is starting to show up more on the silver screen. Kentucky is currently offering some of the most attractive incentives for filmmakers to use the commonwealth for filming locations. One film that was shot in Menifee County is currently being shopped at film festivals is called “M30 Oxy.” The movie tells the story of people going through the opioid epidemic in Appalachia during the throws of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wesley Mullins is the writer and director of the film. He was living in Frenchburg at the time and said he wanted to tell another side of opioid epidemic. “As a consumer of media and someone who has lived in Appalachia most of my life, I have been disappointed in what I have seen in movies and television that have depicted the opioid epidemic in Appalachia, because they get so much about it wrong.” Mullins said it was great working on the project in Menifee County because of how interested and eager the locals were to lend a hand in making the movie. “These strangers would show up, they wanted to bring us food, they wanted to let us use their houses, they wanted to let us use their cars. Anything that we needed to help the movie be made, the citizens of the city of Frenchburg came out to help.” Another film about the opioid epidemic in Appalachia making the rounds is called “Hazard” and it was filmed in the southeastern Kentucky town of Harlan. Officials hope that the increase in projects being filmed in the area will increase the number of tourists wanting to come and see where these movies are made. ** WEKU is working hard to be a leading source for public service, and fact-based journalism. Monthly supporters are the top funding source for this growing nonprofit news organization. Please join others in your community who support WEKU by making your donation. The post The Bluegrass State is showing up more on the silver screen as more films are made in Kentucky appeared first on The Lexington Times.