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Title Sister Helen / produced and directed by Rebecca Cammisa & Rob Fruchtman.

Publication Info. Burlington, VT : Docurama ; New York, NY : Distributed by New Video, [2004]

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Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction DVD  DVD 362.1786 SISTER    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  DVD DOCUMENTARY SISTER    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Originally broadcast on television in 2001.
Special features: filmmaker commentary by Rob Fruchtman & Rebecca Cammisa; additional scenes; additional interviews; Sundance Awards live; resources; filmmaker biographies.
Credits Cinematography, Rebecca Cammisa, Rob Fruchtman, Peter Pearce ; editors, Jonathan Oppenheim, Juliet Weber ; original music composer, Simon Gentry.
Performer Interviews with: Helen Travis, Lee Lessner, Carlos Antonetti, Major Armstrong, Orlando Barrera, Richie Cruz, Gerry Cusack, Carilito Fuentes, Fernando Gonzales, Robert Harvie, Richie Hubschmitt, Gus Johns, Ashley LeStyne, Larry Lingard, Artie Martinez, Raymond McCleary, Manny Mercado, Tony Olivo, Ashish Patel, John Schramm, Steve Sorge, Jeffrey Taylor, Mel Wallman.
Summary In 1986, at the age of 56, Helen Travis became a Benedictine Sister after she lost her husband and both her sons to substance abuse. Two years later, in New York City, she opened a halfway house for recovering male addicts.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Awards Sundance Film Festival, 2002: Director's Award - Documentary (Rob Fruchtman, Rebecca Cammisa).
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Halfway houses -- New York (State) -- New York.
Benedictine nuns -- New York (State) -- New York.
Recovering addicts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form Documentary -- Feature.
Added Author Cammisa, Rebecca.
Fruchtman, Rob.
Travis, Helen, 1916-2002.
Lessner, Lee.
Antonetti, Carlos.
Armstrong, Major.
Barrera, Orlando, 1931-
Pearce, Peter.
Gentry, Simon, 1966-
Docurama (Firm)
New Video Group.
ISBN 076706660X
Standard No. 767685964736
Music No. NVG-9647 Docurama
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