Award-Winning Film Urges Community Action

Glory Girl Productions, in collaboration with BACK 2 BASICS & ONLIFE FOUNDATION will present a screening of the award-winning documentary, The Addict’s Wake, to the Flagstaff community on April 1, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at the Prochnow Auditorium on the NAU campus. Admission is free, so tickets are not necessary.

In the wake of the opioid crisis and the emergence of deadly fentanyl pouring into the United States, the impact of drug addiction rages on, destroying communities and families. This documentary film – The Addict’s Wake – focuses on the people of one small town who, like those in so many communities across the nation, have felt the ripple effect of the addiction crisis in every corner of their county.

The feature-length film seeks to link communities to take action and find a pathway to hope and recovery.

“This film is a clarion call for community stakeholders to unite resources and ideologies to fight back against substance-use disorder at a grass-roots level,” said film producer, Lisa Hall, president of Glory Girl Productions. “It takes you alongside a community searching for hope and solutions on the long journey from addiction to recovery.”

With meth, heroin, opioid addiction and deadly fentanyl, fatal overdoses were up 30 percent across the nation last year.

“While this film is set in the small community of Brown County, Indiana, it’s the story of almost every county – small, rural, large, urban and inner city – in the United States,” said Hall. “And this crisis hits every aspect of our society.”

The documentary shares interviews and perspectives not only from individuals and families impacted, but teachers, law-enforcement, courts, neuroscience professionals and faith-based programs.

The Addict’s Wake has recently been selected to air on more than 300 public-broadcasting stations throughout the country. It has earned acclaim with the Audience Choice Award at the Heartland International Film Festival, in addition to winning the Sedona International Film Festival’s Independent Spirit Award. The film has also spurred grant investment to create a shorter film that can be used in classrooms to help educate students and teachers about the impact of Substance Abuse Disorder, or SUD.

To view a trailer of the film, please click here.

For reviews from film premiere attendees, please click here.

GLORY GIRL PRODUCTIONS

Glory Girl Productions was formed for the primary purposes of fostering social change, educating and creating events to improve the quality of the workplace, the home place and the community place. This mission will be achieved through film, story-telling, community events and wide-ranging dialog.