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Addiction Incorporated

The true story of the tobacco companies' commitment to addicting the human brain and how the world came to know about it. This title has one or more clips.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 76 minutes

Apart

Against the backdrop of a Midwestern state battling industrial decline, an opioid epidemic, and rising incarceration rates, APART offers an intimate portrait of three women who return home from prison and rebuild their lives after being separated from their children for years.

Women Make Movies | 2020 | 86 minutes

Cocaine Unwrapped

Documents the devastating effects of the war on drugs and suggests realistic alternatives.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 83 minutes

Crazywater

After years of struggle and shame, five First Nations Canadians are bravely telling their stories about their struggle with alcoholism and the role of traditional culture in long-term sobriety.

National Film Board of Canada | 2013 | 56 minutes

Crystal Fear, Crystal Clear

A year in the lives of three families devastated by crystal meth

The Fanlight Collection | 2005 | 45 minutes

Donna's Story

An intimate portrait of a fiercely determined survivor -- Donna, a Cree woman who left behind a bleak existence on the streets.

National Film Board of Canada | 2001 | 51 minutes

Dr. Feelgood

The case of Dr. William Hurwitz educates audiences on the complexities involved in opioid painkiller prescriptions.

Bullfrog Films | 2016 | 84 minutes

Dreamland

Takes a sharp but disarming approach in examining the romance of gambling, and reveals the decidedly unromantic reality.

Icarus Films | 2000 | 71 minutes

Dreams from the Outback

Once, Australia discussed whether Aboriginals belong to fauna or to human beings. Today in the Kimberley, home to various Aboriginal communities, some have given up, but others choose to fight to bring a change for the better to their people.

First Hand Films | 2019 | 79 minutes

Dry Days In Dobbagunta

Literacy program spurs anti-liquor campaign in rural India and empowers women.

Bullfrog Films | 1996 | 11 minutes