Film from William L White London talk in 2009 (organised by Action on Addiction and Wired In) on addiction recovery. Includes recovery advocacy, recovery communities, recovery management and treatment. [6 clips]
Recovery on Film
CCAR films
Three films from Connecticut Community of Addiction Recovery (CCAR) on the healing power of recovery, making recovery visible and recovery walks. [3 clips]
Celebrating Recovery
Featuring The Anonymous People documentary from US, and films from the UK Recovery Academy, RIOT Radio, recoverees in Doncaster and The Basement Recovery Project in Halifax [5 clips].
David McCollom and DMC Media
David, who is in recovery himself, uses film to empower people – here’s a selection of his work [6 clips]
Documentary Films
A selection focused on drugs, addiction, recovery, treatment and life [3 clips]
Family members
Film clips showing that family members of a person with drug and alcohol addiction develop their own problems from which they need recovery. [3 clips]
ManyFaces1Voice
With the release of The Anonymous People documentary film, Faces & Voices of Recovery and their partners are collaborating to launch a new campaign, ManyFaces1Voice, to engage and mobilize the newly emerging constituency to transform public attitudes and policies affecting people seeking or in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs.
Pat Deegan film clips
Pat is a leading mental health recovery advocate, as well as psychologist and researcher [4 clips]
Phil Valentine interview
Film clips of Phil Valentine, Executive Director of CCAR, discussing addiction recovery, recovery-based care, and recovery communities. [9 clips]
Phil Valentine talk
Talk given by Phil Valentine of CCAR in Cardiff, UK 2011 where he discusses recovery, recovery-based care and recovery communities. [5 clips]
Plenary talks
Films of the plenary talks at the 2012 Refocus on Recovery conference in London. Includes mental health recovery advocates Mark Ragins and Mike Slade.
Recovery and what it means
What is does it mean being in recovery? Film made by mental health recoveree and involves four people diagnosed with schizophrenia. [2 clips]
Recovery Stories
Filmed stories of Noreen Oliver, Ed Mitchell, Tovah Cottle, David McCollum and more [8 clips]
Stopping heroin use
Wired In film of the views and experiences of nine heroin users and former users in South Wales. [5 clips]