Recovery Boys

Showings

TIFF Lightbox 1 Tue, May 1, 2018 6:15 PM
Isabel Bader Theatre Thu, May 3, 2018 10:30 AM
Isabel Bader Theatre Fri, May 4, 2018 9:30 PM
Film Info
Runtime:90
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Rating:14A
Festival Info
Festival Year:2018
Language:English
Program Category:The Good Fight
Film Subjects:America
Health, Mental Health & Addiction
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Producer(s):Kerrin Sheldon
Kristi Jacobson
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Executive Producer(s):Jason Spingarn-Koff
Zana Lawrence
Lisa Nishimura
Editor(s):Penelope Falk
Cinematography:Kerrin Sheldon
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Composer:Daniel Hart
Sound:Tom Paul

Description

In the heart of America's opioid epidemic, four men attempt to reinvent their lives and mend broken relationships after years of drug abuse. Recovery Boys, from Academy Award–nominated director Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Heroin(e)), is an intimate look at the strength, brotherhood, and courage that it takes to overcome addiction and lays bare the internal conflict of recovery. In an effort to break the cycle of generational addiction and trauma, the young men let go of painful pasts as they live in the present, and build a new community in a farming-based rehab. After rehab, they experience life's trials and tribulations sober, but struggle to find their place and purpose in an often unforgiving society. In today's world, where shocking statistics about the opioid crisis make headlines daily, Recovery Boys gives a deeply personal look into the unseen lives of those working toward transformation.