| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (62 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Video Project in 2017. |
| Summary |
WRITTEN OFF reveals the achingly personal journey of Matt Edwards as he battles addiction. A charismatic storyteller with a unique curiosity for life, Edwards longs to leave rural Wisconsin behind and see the world. But as a teen, a prescription for a powerful painkiller following a botched toe surgery exposes him to opioids for the first time. They make him feel like he has been "touched by God." What follows is a valiant decade-long struggle to survive against increasingly potent drugs. Matt keeps a meticulous record of his journey in grippingly honest journals -- how much he takes, how he finds it, what it costs, and his never-ending attempts to quit. They serve as a warts and all memoir of his desperation for that next fix and what he'll do to get it. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Teenagers.
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Mental health.
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Health.
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Sociology.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Hermann & Rob Lyall, Molly, film director.
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Video Project, distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), distributor.
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| Music No. |
4405257 Kanopy |
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