New York, NY (PRWEB) September 16, 2013
For the second year in a row, the REEL Recovery Film Festival is coming to New York City, offering its unique line-up of films that showcase the drama, emotional honesty, and yes, even the humor found in stories of addiction and recovery. Presented by Writers In Treatment (W.I.T.), one of Hollywoods leading recovery nonprofits and the creator of the festival, REEL Recovery Film Festival will run September 27October 3 at the Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street, New York, NY.
Last year, we played to such appreciative crowds in New York, and I look forward to seeing the same great audiences this year, says Leonard Buschel, Executive Director of the Festival. In the past few decades, there have been numerous films exploring addiction and recovery, from comedies to thrillers, dramas to documentariesa creative outburst that proves the stories of addiction are as diverse as humans themselves. By showcasing the best of this work, the REEL Recovery Film Festival provides a rare, nuanced, and honest portrait of a burgeoning global epidemic.
Buschel adds that the festival features an opportunity for moviegoers to question filmmakers and well-known clinicians after most screenings: This traveling event is more than just a celebration of recovery and film, its an expansion of a dialogue between artists, treatment industry professionals, and a public eager to learn more about Americas number-one public health crisis.
This years Festival opens on Friday afternoon with screenings of Successful Alcoholics at 1:00pm and film festival darling Radioman at 3:00pm, as well as a special in-person appearance by Radioman himself during an opening reception at 4:30pm at Grape & Vine restaurant at The Jade Hotel. Radioman is the incredible true story of a formerly homeless man whose obsession with the movies turned him into a New York City movie legend with more than 100 small film parts to his name. Friday evening will feature the critically acclaimed documentary Bill W., which tells the story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, named one of Time Magazines 100 Persons of the 20th Century. The screening, which starts at 7:00pm, will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Kevin Hanlon.
Other Festival highlights include:
REEL Recovery Film Festival Returns to New York City, September 27October 3 at The Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village is a post from: Intervention Therapy