The Rochester Recovery Film Festival Adds Cocaine Cowboys to Opening Night

The Rochester Recovery Council has announced that the highly acclaimed film/documentary Cocaine Cowboys has been added to opening night festivities.
Cocaine Cowboys is a documentary film directed by Billy Corben and produced by Corben and Alfred Spellman through their Miami based media studio Rakontur
Cocaine Cowboys explores the rise of cocaine and the resulting crime epidemic of the American City of Miami, Florida during the 1970's and the 1980's.
The producers of Cocaine Cowboys use interviews with law enforcement, journalists, lawyers, drug smugglers and gang members to show a first hand perspective of the Miami drug war.
Cocaine Cowboys premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival and Jan Hammer  whom you likely recall as having composed and performed the theme for the hit television series "Miami Vice" also composed and performs the score for Cocaine Cowboys.
"We are so pleased to be able to offer Cocaine Cowboys to our attendees at The Rochester Recovery Film Festival. Cocaine Cowboys offers a true look into how within a matter of months a city the size of Miami can be taken over when an epidemic like cocaine in the 70's and 80's is ignored" said Rachel Eveland  Artistic Director for The Rochester Recovery Film Festival.
Cocaine Cowboys will be shown on Opening Night of The Rochester Recovery Film Festival September 12,2014 at 9:00pm at Monroe Community College followed by a 40 minute discussion about the film.
Weekend Passes and Daily Passes for The Rochester Recovery Film Festival can be purchased on rochesterrecoveryfilmfest.blogspot.com starting June 23,2014.

On Life's Terms: Mothers in Recovery Another Must See At The Rochester Recovery Film Festival

The Rochester Recovery Council is proud to announce another must see documentary at this years Rochester Recovery Film Festival On Life's Terms: Mothers in Recovery. This highly acclaimed documentary has people talking everywhere.
On Life's Terms:Mothers in Recovery follows five women struggling to keep their children as they battle addict Center Point Inc. A women and children residential treatment program in San Rafel,California. Their intimate stories reveals experiences with domestic violence, prostitution and Incarceration, as they courageously step onto the path of self-sufficiency with integrity and pride.
Their three year journey is told against the backdrop of drug laws and policies affecting both the mother and child. This timely film impacts the stigma and encourages greater understanding and underlying issues about the disease of addiction and promotes  the widely needed need for substance abuse treatment vs incarceration.
This documentary film is written,produced,edited and directed by Sheila Ganz. Bringing hidden issues to light, this black belt in karate and activist for women and children everywhere. Ganz is no stranger to the film industry. A film instructor at Film Arts Foundation, Ganz also wrote two full length stage plays "Pretend it Didn't Happen" and "Leaving Joe". None of that stopped Ganz as she completed her first film documentary "Unlocking the Heart" which has shown audiences worldwide the lifelong process of adoption for adoptees, birthparents and adoptive parents in same race and trans racial adoptions with illuminating historical background.

On Life's Terms:Mothers in Recovery will be shown at The Rochester Recovery Film Festival on Saturday September 13,2014 at Monroe Community College at 8:00pm.