The Anonymous People is a feature documentary film about the 23.5 million American people living in long term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Deeply entrenched social stigma and discrimination have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. The vacuum created by this silence has been filled by mass media deception of people in active addiction that continue to perpetuate a lurid public fascination at the dysfunctional side of what is a preventable and treatable health condition. Just like women with breast cancer or people with HIV/Aids, courageous addiction recovery advocates are starting to come out of the shadows to tell their true stories.
The moving story of The Anonymous People is told through the faces and voices of leaders, volunteers,corporate executives and celebrities who are laying all on the line in order to save lives of others just like them. This passionate new recovery movement is fueling a changing conversation that aims to transform public opinion and finally shift problematic policy toward lasting Recovery Solutions.
"This what The Rochester Recovery Film Festival is all about, making people aware that recovery is possible. I am living proof of that today.Addiction is a disease but it can be arrested. The disease of addiction is everywhere in some of our homes, and neighborhoods. There are services available to those with this disease. No one should have to die from this disease. The recovery movement needs to be as active as the disease." Said David Attridge, Director of The Rochester Recovery Film Festival.
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