“The Anonymous People” Groundbreaking Film

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NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — An award-winning new film about America’s addiction epidemic will premiere tonight in New York, exploring the rise of a controversial new movement following in the footsteps of the HIV/AIDS and breast cancer survivor movements. “The Anonymous People,” by filmmaker Greg Williams, takes an unparalleled look at the public health crisis of addiction to alcohol and other drugs and the meteoric rise of the New Addiction Recovery Advocacy Movement. The film’s premiere at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will be followed by a panel discussion with Williams, Emmy-award winning actress Kristen Johnston, television journalist Laurie Dhue, and grassroots community activists who appear in the documentary.

“This is not your tired old addiction rehab story splashed across reality TV or tabloid magazines,” said Williams. “There are no needles hanging out of people’s arms, pictures of the brain, or fried eggs in a pan.” As a person in long-term recovery himself since age 17, Williams (now 29) adds, “We set out to find the answer to one very fundamental question: Why do we treat addiction and people with addiction in this country so dramatically differently than people with any other health issue?” Read More…

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