Focus On Heroin
Jan 23, 1971 | IMDB 6
13 min Watch NowDocumentary
This film points out the risks of being a heroin addict. Explains that addicts cannot be identified solely with one particular socio-economic level and cannot always be detected by appearance. Addicts and ex-addicts describe the first and subsequent drugs they used.
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Hit So Hard
Moving Day
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Prescription Thugs
Pat Neal Is Back
Andy Irons: Kissed by God
Invisible
Lost and Found
Dope Sick Love
Hookers at the Point
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
PHOENIX
Storia di Filomena e Antonio: Gli anni '70 e la droga a Milano
Days of Madness
Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
Dead Is Dead
Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story
Demon at the Door: Our Heroin Crisis
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The Green Creature Within
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2025
This film tells the story of an adolescent psychotherapy group that met at an outpatient clinic for two hours a week over a period of two years. Art and drama were the major therapeutic tools, along with music, movement, poetry, and filmmaking. The varied expressive modalities are demonstrated in this film, as well as the different roles the therapists played in facilitating the group process. In addition to telling the story of the group, this film also includes detailed case studies of two of the members. It is a rare example of multimodality group therapy unfolding over time.Hit So Hard
IMDB 5 | Apr , 2012
The rise to fame (and the near-fatal fall from it) of Patty Schemel, drummer for Courtney Love's seminal rock band, Hole. Given a Hi-8 video camera just before Hole's infamous Live Through This world tour, Patty captured stunningly intimate footage of the scene that has never been seen... until now. Not just an all-access backstage pass to the music that shaped a generation, Hit So Hard is a harrowing tale of overnight success, the cost of addiction, and ultimately, recovery and redemption.Moving Day
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2022
Moving Day tells the story of the people who were left outside – quite literally – during a global pandemic. With the rise of Covid-19, shelters closed, jobs were lost, and homelessness in "Victoria B.C." (unceded L'kwungen Territories), swelled. A community formed in the city’s biggest park and as they learn of an ambitious plan to house everyone by March 31, 2021, uncertainty in the park, and in their lives mounts.Luttes intimes
IMDB 8 | Apr , 2024
Prescription Thugs
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2016
Americans consume 75% of the world’s prescription drugs. After losing his own brother to the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse, documentarian Chris Bell sets out to demystify this insidious addiction. Bell’s examination into the motives of big pharma and doctors in this ever-growing market leads him to meet with experts on the nature of addiction, survivors with first-hand accounts of their struggle, and whistleblowers who testify to the dollar-driven aims of pharmaceutical corporations. Ultimately his investigation will point back to where it all began: his own front door.Pat Neal Is Back
IMDB 7 | Apr , 1968
This short focuses on Patricia Neal's return to motion pictures three years after she suffered a near-fatal stroke. We see her and the cast and crew at work in New York City on the feature film The Subject Was Roses (1968).Andy Irons: Kissed by God
IMDB 6.8 | Apr , 2018
A film about bipolar disorder and opioid addiction as seen through the life of three-time world champion surfer Andy Irons. He was the pride of Hawaii and revered around the world for his blue collar rise to fame and success. However, many were unaware of his internal battles that led to his demise. As the opioid crisis rises to a national emergency in the United States, the untold story of Andy’s life serves to tear down the myths associated with these two ferocious diseases.Invisible
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 2005
The story of six young people addicted to heroin in Sofia, Bulgaria.Lost and Found
IMDB 10 | Feb , 2022
An inspiring feature documentary film about overcoming homelessness and addiction in the City of Los Angeles.Dope Sick Love
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2005
Two heroin-addicted couples lead hard and stressful lives on the streets of New York.Hookers at the Point
IMDB 7.7 | Sep , 1996
From the sultry streets of Hunts Point in the South Bronx, comes the rawest, realest and truest documentation of the world's oldest profession ever captured on video. From Brent Owens, the director of Pimps Up, Ho's Down, comes the first two in a series of five films. Hookers At The Point focuses on the business of sex and the people involved in it. As a special bonus we have included Hookers At The Point: Going Out Again, where we follow up on the personalities from the first film and see where "The Life" has led them.Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2010
Join Louis Theroux as he investigates the affect crystal meth addiction is having on the local community of Fresno in California's Central Valley.PHOENIX
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2020
Storia di Filomena e Antonio: Gli anni '70 e la droga a Milano
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1976
Documentary on the penetration of drugs in Milan in the 70s. Filomena is only 24 years old and recounts with a lucidity that takes her breath away her journey as a child locked up in boarding school, ran away from home, taken back by her family and treated as a lost woman. She talks about her marriage to a boy who emigrated to Germany, and her inability to adapt to this new situation. She narrates the arrival in Milan, the meeting with Antonio and the one with drugs. A dialogue for two voices traces the ruthless picture of drug addiction, the daily search for the dose and the attempts to get out of it. It is a poignant document, above all for the lucidity, measure, maturity and intelligence of two unforgettable figures.Days of Madness
IMDB 6 | Feb , 2018
Days of Madness portray an incredible odyssey of two mentally diverse and unjustly rejected people who are learning to accept it, faced with the blindness of the society and the health system that made them addicts.Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2009
The Great Chuetsu Earthquake which struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23, 2004 is permanently engraved in the memories of most Japanese people today. Hardest hit was the small mountain village of Yamakoshi, located right above the quake’s epicentre. What has become of the villagers who suffered through this disaster seven years ago? This film enters the hearts and minds of the people of Yamakoshi as they pull together over four hard years to rebuild their village, their community, and their lives.Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 2000
The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts drug-related crimes and diseases: prostitution, male prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses.Dead Is Dead
IMDB 6 | Jul , 1974
An educational video exploring drug addiction, including footage of real-life addicts going through rehab therapy.Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2005
Documentary on the life of late Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood.Demon at the Door: Our Heroin Crisis
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2017
Shocking, devastating and unflinchingly real. KOMO News' Eric Johnson looks at the heroin crisis in Seattle.