With tragic parallels to the current opioid crisis, this cutting-edge film follows the rise of heroin addiction in 1970s Dayton, Ohio. Interviewees share their experiences with flawed social services and treatment programs as well as society’s deeply isolating stigmas. Hope is found when a small handful of addicts address root causes of their abuse—unemployment, loss of purpose, and disintegrating culture—in an innovative program filled with social connection and shared responsibilities. 1974, DCP, 60 min.
Methadone: An American Way of Dealing
Julia Reichert, Methadone: An American Way of Dealing, 1974. Image courtesy the artist.
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Julia Reichert: 50 Years in Film is organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts with the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and curated by Wexner Center Director of Film/Video David Filipi. Special thanks to Chicken & Egg Pictures for its support.
The Walker’s Dialogue and Retrospective program is made possible by generous support from Anita Kunin and the Kunin Family.
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