Is 'Long Bright River' Based on a True Story?

Set in Kensington, Pa.,"Long Bright River" paints an authentic picture of a community overrun by the opioid epidemic. Based on the novel of the same name, author and co-writer of the series Liz Moore completed extensive research in order to accurately portray the community both on the page and the screen. "As a writer, I'm really interested in taking certain truths about a place's history, for example, or a place's present, and then giving myself permission to run wild fictionally," Moore told TheWrap. "I think that's the gift of writing fiction, whether it's in on the page . . .