Mama Weed – Making the Most of Opportunity
Mama Weed (La Daronne), from director Jean-Paul Salom?, takes us into the Paris underworld, but...
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Sex, Drugs & Bicycles: Wait, You Can Do THAT?
Before watching this documentary, the most that I knew about the Netherlands involved tulips and the ceramic clogs that my mother and grandmother collected. It?s only been more recently that I?ve even begun to intentionally...
Crisis – Trying to Take on Opioids
The opioid epidemic is the setting for Nicholas Jarecki?s Crisis. The film looks at the issue from...
Castle in the Ground: The Power of Addiction
In Joey Klein?s Castle in the Ground, 19 year old Henry (Alex Wolff) is caring for his dying mother. His new neighbor Ana (Imogen Poots) is often noisy and disruptive. One night he sees a masked man force his way into her...
Morning, Noon & Night – Light Weight Look at Addiction
Morning, Noon? & Night seeks to be a mirror through which we see the way addiction controls...
Breakthrough S2: Ep 1 and 2 – Protect Thyself
In Breakthrough, each episode is created by a specific director and tackles a unique aspect of how science can help society in general.
Best Fake Friends – Peer Pressure for Adults
If Best Fake Friends were set in middle school, it would be called a coming of age comedy that points out the dangers of falling in with the wrong crowd. But being set among adult women it loses much of the comedic aspect and becomes a story of a desperate attempt at finding validation in the eyes of others.
The Infiltrator – Follow the Money
Reagan era drug wars are the setting for The Infiltrator. Based on a true story, Federal agent Robert Mazur (Bryan Cranston) has been working undercover catching drug dealers, but thinks a more productive way to do it would be to follow the money to the t