為了瞭解親哥哥的類鴉片藥物使用疾患(OUD),本片導演錄下兩人的電話對談,深刻且毫不避諱地勾勒出毒品成癮的過程,於發作與復原之間輪迴。兄妹倆談論到這對人群、家庭和個人造成的傷害,破除那些關於成癮和 OUD 的刻板印象。這通真誠的電話,將撫平兄妹之間曾無法跨越的傷痕......。
In an attempt to understand her brother’s opioid use disorder, a filmmaker chronicles their phone conversations in which she hears her brother talk openly and honestly about the disease that threatens to take him away from her. The resulting short, animated documentary takes the audience inside the filmmaker’s intimate phone calls with her brother during his fragile recovery from opioid addiction. Their non-linear conversation paints a detailed, uncensored picture of one person’s story of addiction—tracing his struggles back to the pain of a debilitating childhood learning disability followed by years lived on the hamster wheel of relapse and recovery under the stigmatising shadow of the disease.
喬安娜.魯德尼克(Joanna Rudnick)是一位獲得艾美獎提名的導演,擁有超過二十年的紀錄片導演和製片經驗。她所有的電影都涉及到家庭、藝術在社會中的重要性、人類健康與福祉、社會正義、青年問題等議題。喬安娜的第一部長篇紀錄片《In the Family》(PBS|POV)從個人角度探討了罹患乳腺和卵巢癌突變對她和他人的影響,以及新醫療技術牽涉到的生物倫理學。該電影在十多個國家播放,也曾在國會山播映,並在美國公民自由聯盟提起的基因專利最高法院案件中被使用。
喬安娜還執導了獲得芝加哥電影節觀眾獎的動畫短片《我的藥癮哥哥》(Brother)(Independent Lens|PBS),以及紀錄片短片《On Beauty》(Shorts TV)和其中一集獲得杜邦獎的系列紀錄片《Hard Earned》(Al Jazeera America)。她的製片作品包括艾美獎獲獎紀錄片《Robert Capa in Love and War》(PBS|BBC)、HBO的《Crossfire Hurricane》、《Bill T. Jones: A Good Man》(American Masters|PBS)以及《Prisoner of Her Past》(PBS)。同時,喬安娜也擁有科學、健康和環境新聞學碩士學位。
Joanna Rudnick is an Emmy-nominated director with over two decades of experience directing and producing documentaries. All of Joanna's films engage with ideas of family, the importance of the arts in society, human health and wellness, social justice, and youth issues. Joanna's first feature documentary In the Family (PBS|POV) took a personal look at the effect that testing positive for the breast and ovarian cancer mutation had on her and several others as well as the bioethical implications of the new medical technology. The film was broadcast in over a dozen countries, shown on Capitol Hill and used in a Supreme Court case brought by the ACLU on gene patents. Joanna directed the animated short Brother (Independent Lens|PBS); the Chicago Film Festival Audience Award winning short On Beauty (Shorts TV) and an episode of duPont award-winning Hard Earned (Al Jazeera America). Her producing credits include the Emmy-award winning Robert Capa in Love and War (PBS|BBC); Crossfire Hurricane (HBO); Bill T. Jones: A Good Man (American Masters|PBS); and Prisoner of Her Past (PBS). Joanna has a masters degree in Science, Health, and Environmental Journalism.