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How “Pot” (that’s jive talk for marijuana) leads to a hideous “H” (HEROIN) Habit. A Judge can’t understand why so many youths are marijuana addicts, so he decides to investigate. He visits Phyllis, a high school senior and former marijuana junkie, who tells him about the horrible effects marijuana has had on her. It made her feel like she was speeding “100 miles an hour!” and she therefore became a heroin user. She managed to overcome her addiction to marijuana and heroin, but in the process ruined her hair. This leads the judge to the logical conclusion that the drug problem in the US was introduced by the godless Red Communists in an effort to “undermine morale” and that the way to stop the drug epidemic was to “use common sense” (an earlier version, apparently, of the Reagan-era “Just Say No!” campaign, and which had pretty much the same effect–ie, none).
Nobody ever thinks they’ll become a drug addict – its something that happens to other people. In this extremely candid interview, Elizabeth Burton-Phillips, author of ‘Mum, can you lend me twenty quid?’, and her husband, Tony, speak openly about the gradual descent of their identical twin sons into the nightmare of heroin addiction. This film features clips from ‘Getting Hooked’, a home video in which one of the twins describes how easily he and his brother slipped into addiction. This film is just one part of the latest edition of Big Picture, featuring addiction. Published twice a year, Big Picture is a free post-16 resource for teachers that explores cutting edge science. To find out more and sign up for your own copy, visit: www. wellcome. ac. uk For more information, see DrugFAM, www. drugfam. co. uk , a charity set up and run by Elizabeth Burton-Phillips to support families, carers and friends affected by substance abuse.
The Phenomenon Bruno Groening – On the track of the “Miracle Healer” Documentary film in three parts (each approximately 95 minutes): public showings based on voluntary donations in many countries. In 1949 one name dominated the headlines: Bruno Groening. Extra editions were printed about him. There were also radio and newsreel reports. A movie was filmed. Everywhere he appeared hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands people flocked to see him. They came from all over Germany, Austria, Switzerland, but also from Belgium, France, and the USA. Groening became a world event. Those who throng to see him, however, are not followers, fans or groupies. They are sick people. For many it is there last ray of hope. Beaten down by the war, given up on by doctors, they have only one wish, and that is to become healthy – free from pain and suffering. Bruno Groening should help them. And he helps. “There is no incurable God is the greatest physician,” were his words. And the unfathomable happens: innumerable sick people become healthy the lame can walk, the blind can see. . . The Documentary film “The Phenomenon Bruno Groening – On the track of the “Miracle Healer” shows the dramatic events of that time objectively. Original film and sound documents, archive material, over 50 eyewitness interviews, and also containing large-scale re-enactment scenes. All this make the film a deeply impressive experience. This film is, however, more than a documentary glance at the past. Many viewers . . .
Pornography, drug addiction and murder its just an average day for pupils at an elite American school in the critically acclaimed American feature film Afterschool (18), DVD out now. Screened as part of Directors Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 and part of the official selection for the London Film Festival 2008, Afterschool is the explosive film about the YouTube generation from up and coming American director Antonio Campos. Robert (Ezra Miller Californication, The Gonzo Files) – is a young American student at a private East Coast preparatory school who accidentally captures on the tragic death of two attractive female classmates on camera. Their lives become memorialised as part of an audio-visual assignment designed to speed up the campus-wide healing process. But the video memorial assignment creates an atmosphere of paranoia and unease among students, teachers and the principle (Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man) with unforeseen consequences.
The First Official Teaser Trailer for ‘ROSE’ 2012. Produced & Directed By Kemal Yildirim. A hard hitting social drama based on a true story! WARNING: Viewer must be 18 or over to view this trailer. www. rose-thefilm. webs. com www. imdb. com/title/tt2005331 www. facebook. com/rosethefilm
