Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 304 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (13 pages ; 15 cm) |
System Details |
DVD, 4:3 full screen. |
Performer |
Host, Bill Moyers. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Joel Shapiro ; series music, Richard Fiocca. |
Note |
Originally broadcast as episodes of the 5-pt. television program in 1998. |
Summary |
As seen on PBS. Bill Moyers tackles the complex issues surrounding addiction in this five part series. Featuring interviews with recovering addicts, scientists, and treatment professionals. |
Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
Note |
Bonus features (disc 2): "Rebuilding lives' from NOW with Bill Moyers with activist and former addict David Lewis (18 min.) ; biography of Bill Moyers. |
Contents |
disc 1, episode 1. Portrait of addiction / produced and directed by Amy Schatz. episode 2. The hijacked brain / produced and directed by Gail Pellett. 3. Changing lives / produced and directed by Pamela Mason Wagner -- disc 2, episode 4. The next generation / produced and directed by Kathleen Hughes, Tom Casciato. episode 5. The politics of addiction / produced by Daphne Pinkerson, Marc Levin ; directed by Marc Levin. |
Language |
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Drug abuse -- Prevention.
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Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation.
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Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation.
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Substance abuse -- Physiological aspects.
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Drug abuse -- Psychological aspects.
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Drugs -- Physiological effect.
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Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States.
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Genre/Form |
Medical television programs.
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Educational television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television mini-series.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Schatz, Amy, producer, director.
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Pellett, Gail, producer, director.
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Wagner, Pamela Mason, producer, director.
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Hughes, Kathleen, producer, director.
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Casciato, Tom, producer, director.
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Pinkerson, Daphne, producer.
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Levin, Marc, producer, director.
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Moyers, Bill D., host.
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Public Affairs Television (Firm)
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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Athena (Firm)
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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Added Title |
Close to home |
ISBN |
9781598287875 |
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1598287877 |
Standard No. |
054961878796 |
Music No. |
AMP-8787 Athena |
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