Small Town Ecstasy

Showings

Firehouse Cinema Sat, Dec 16, 2023 6:00 PM
Cast/Crew Info
Directed by:Jay Blumenfield
Film Info
Series:Cyber Spaces & Millennial Traces
Runtime:85 min
Release Year:2002
Production Country:U.S.
Original Language:English
General:Free
Series Link:https://firehousecinema.dctvny.org/cyberspacesmillennialtraces

Description

"Despite the overriding sense that Scott is doing everything wrong, director Jay Blumenfield strategically develops the storylines of Scott and Sheri free of judgment." – Phill Gallo, Variety

 

This cautionary program pulls no punches as it tracks the downward spiral of a successful suburban husband and father who, at 40, becomes addicted to the drug ecstasy and ruins his family and his marriage. A powerfully unsettling firsthand account of middle-class drug abuse, the program documents Scott’s dive into the rave scene, where he encourages his teenage children to do drugs with him; his acrimonious divorce and custody battle; his arrest on drug charges; and his children’s fruitless attempt to help him get straight. The emotional devastation and brain damage resulting from drug abuse are emphasized.



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