Description |
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Originally broadcast on television in 2001. |
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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.
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Benedictine nuns -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Recovering addicts -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary -- Feature.
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Added Author |
Cammisa, Rebecca.
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Fruchtman, Rob.
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Travis, Helen, 1916-2002.
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Lessner, Lee.
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Antonetti, Carlos.
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Armstrong, Major.
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Barrera, Orlando, 1931-
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Pearce, Peter.
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Gentry, Simon, 1966-
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Docurama (Firm)
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New Video Group.
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ISBN |
076706660X |
Standard No. |
767685964736 |
Music No. |
NVG-9647 Docurama |
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