Kevin Hanlon and Dan Carracino’s fascinating bio-documentary is filled with a myriad of details on the life of the founder of Alcoholics, William G. Wilson. Employing photographs, recorded speeches, home movie clips, correspondence, diary entries, commentary by several historians, testimony by numerous AA members of how they owe their lives to AA, and dramatized scenes, …
The Good House (2021)
A money-strapped alcoholic woman in a New England town rekindles a romance with an old flame & amidst tragedy faces up to her problem.
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (2018)
What a delightful visual parable of reconciliation from director and screenwriter Gus Van Sant! Based on John Callahan’s autobiography of the same name, the title comes from one of the sardonic cartoons that made Callahan beloved and controversial. His story is both a recovery tale (the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are central) and …
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