An unflinching look at life on the fringe, documenting the changing fortunes of residents throughout a year. Encountering humanity within this harrowing reality, a radical care-model offers hope for chronic alcoholism.
Casts Shearise Austion, Mary Deering, Dolores Weins
MOVIE COMMENTS
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North by Current
The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place
Cobain: Montage of Heck
The Man of a Thousand Songs
But... Seriously
Risky Drinking
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
Kids On Ice
Porn
Hit So Hard
Focus On Heroin
Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
Ronnie O'Sullivan: The Edge of Everything
Our American Family
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
The Common Touch
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Portrait of a Man
Stuff
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
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North by Current
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2021
Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his infant niece and the subsequent arrest of his brother-in-law as the culprit. Using the audio-visual approaches of essay film, first-person cinema vérité, staged actions, and decades of home movies, Madsen navigates a town steeped in opioid addiction, economic depression, and religious fervor, while using the act of filmmaking to rebuild familial bonds and reimagine justice. Posing empathy as a tool for creating a more just world, North By Current does not seek to investigate a crime, but creates a relentless portrait of an enduring pastoral family, poised to reframe and reimagine narratives about incarceration, addiction, trans embodiment, and ruralness.The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1970
This film describes the 1960s drug culture. Addicts discuss their experiences in the United States and in Vietnam. Dr. Stanley Yolles, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), talks about the drug culture and the NIMH role in prevention and treatment. The tape describes growth in the use of marijuana and heroin. In 1966, the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act is the first law to give the addict a choice of treatment or jail. Synanon in California is a private, self-help, residential community that helps people deal with their addictions. New York's Daytop Village works not only with addicts on addictions, but on developing a new lifestyle. Methadone, though still experimental, has proved to be an effective treatment for heroin addiction.Cobain: Montage of Heck
IMDB 7.7 | Mar , 2015
Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorized portrait of the famed music icon. Academy Award nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen expertly blends Cobain's personal archive of art, music, never seen before movies, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest friends.The Man of a Thousand Songs
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2010
A feature length documentary about extraordinary Canadian singer songwriter, Ron Hynes... an insightful and entertaining exploration of the creative process, the genesis of song, the meaning of performance and the vulnerability of an artist compelled to bare his soul through his music. The film is comprised of Ron performing his music (distinct and live for the camera), interwoven with very intimate black box 'interviews' with Ron (shot tightly and directly addressed to the camera), in which he discusses the songs and the life that informed them: late nights, dark alleys, marriage, children, divorce, his near death and recovery from drug addiction... and punctuated with back stage moments, insight from the street, and Ron's nephew author Joel Thomas Hynes, taking the role of 'chorus of the people'.But... Seriously
IMDB 10 | Mar , 1994
A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.Risky Drinking
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 2016
Are you a risky drinker? Nearly 70% of American adults drink alcohol and nearly 1/3 of them engage in problem drinking at some point in their lives. Produced with The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Risky Drinking is a no-holds-barred look at a national epidemic through the intimate stories of four people whose drinking dramatically affects their relationships.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.Kids On Ice
IMDB 7 | Oct , 2014
Quiet towns across rural Australia are in the grip of an Ice epidemic. Major international drug cartels are working with local outlawed motorcycle gangs to push crystal meth to a captive market of children.Porn
IMDB 7.4 | May , 2023
Hit So Hard
IMDB 5.2 | 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.Focus On Heroin
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1971
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.Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
IMDB 5.1 | Feb , 2017
Like it or not, porn is here and it is harmful. In this controversial film, award-winning filmmaker Justin Hunt dissects the impact of pornography on societies around the globe, from how it affects the brain of the individual, to how modern technology leads to greater exposure to youth, to watching it literally tear a family apart. In what may well be one of the most devastating issues in modern culture, this film will break down the damage that porn is doing to us a human race and leave you thinking that it's clearly time that we start taking porn addiction a bit more seriously.Ronnie O'Sullivan: The Edge of Everything
IMDB 8 | Nov , 2023
Ronnie O’Sullivan hasn’t had the most harmonious relationship with the media over the years, but his attempt to win the Snooker World Championship for a record 7th time in 2021 apparently proved to good an opportunity to pass up.Our American Family
IMDB 5 | Sep , 2022
Addiction is an all-encompassing force, in not only the lives of the afflicted, but also those around them. Our American Family provides an honest, unfiltered look at a close-knit Philadelphia family dealing with generational substance abuse.Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 2010
The life and work of the enigmatic singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson.The Common Touch
IMDB 10 | May , 2017
The Common Touch tells the story of Jake Bailey, viral sensation and student of Christchurch Boys High School, who was told one week before his graduation speech about his diagnosis of life-threatening cancer.Whitney: Can I Be Me
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 2017
The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.Portrait of a Man
IMDB 3.5 | Jan , 2010
A rough but beautiful documentary film about the crisis of a man in his forties and his desire for a better life; its a story of parenthood, alcohol, Finnish man and his desire for love. It is also an unusually intimate depiction of the relationship between the father and his son. Despite the seriousness of the topic the film includes black humor and situational comedyStuff
IMDB 6 | May , 1993
A 12-minute documentary about the house of RHCP guitarist John Frusciante. The film's main purpose was to depict the chaos & instability in his life.Elaine Stritch at Liberty
IMDB 9 | May , 2004
With only an oversized shirt, black tights, and a chair, Elaine Stritch performs her autobiographical one-woman show at London's Old Vic Theatre featuring tales and songs from her 50-plus-year career on stage and screen.