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The Addiction Project is an unprecedented multi-platform campaign aimed at helping Americans understand addiction as a chronic but treatable brain disease. Debuting Thursday, March 15 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO® with the centerpiece documentary 'Addiction', the project uses all of the network's digital platforms, including the HBO main service, multiplex channels, HBO On Demand®, podcasts and web streams. All films in the 14-part documentary series will initially be offered during a free HBO preview weekend from Thursday, March 15 to Sunday, March 18 in participating cable systems. The project is produced by HBO in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
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- HBO: The Addiction Project
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Al-Anon/Alateen
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
- American Medical Association
- American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
- Center of Alcohol Studies
- Center for Antisocial Drug Dependence
- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
- Child Welfare League of America
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
- Drug Strategies
- Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems
- Faces & Voices of Recovery
- Guide to Mutual Support Resources
- Johnson Institute
- Join Together
- Legal Action Center
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Narcotics Anonymous
- National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment, Inc. (NAABT)
- National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA)
- National Association of Drug Court Professionals
- National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA)
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- Parents. The Anti-Drug.
- Partnership for a Drug-Free America
- Rational Recovery
- Research Society on Alcoholism
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
- Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
- Treatment Research Institute (TRI)
- UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
- Women for Sobriety
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Media that Matters Film Festival
Independent Lens
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Centerpiece Film: 'Addiction'
Supplementary Series: 'A Mother's Desperation'
Supplementary Series: 'The Adolescent Addict'
'Addiction'
Full Schedule
'Addiction' - The Supplementary Series on HBO2:
'What is Addiction?' - Directed and Produced by Liz Garbus; Produced by Rory Kennedy (21:46)
'Understanding Relapse' - Footage contributed by Susan Froemke, Liz Garbus, Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Etienne Sauret and Jeff Zimbalist (20:25)
'The Search for Treatment: A Challenging Journey' - Produced by John Hoffman and Susan Froemke; Co-produced by Micah Cormier. (21:28)
'The Adolescent Addict' - Directed and Produced by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner (28:11)
'An Interview with Dr. Nora Volkow, M.D.' - Produced by Rory Kennedy (26:29)
'An Interview with Mark Willenbring, M.D.' - Supervising Producer: Micah Cormier (23:20)
'An Interview with Michael Dennis, Ph.D.' - Supervising Producer: Micah Cormier (23:48)
'An Interview with Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D.' - Supervising Producer: Micah Cormier (20:21)
'Getting an Addict into Treatment: The CRAFT Approach' - Produced and Directed by Jessica Yu (19:06)
'Treating Stimulant Addiction: The CBT Approach' - Directed and Produced by Ellen Goosenberg Kent
'Opiate Addiction: Understanding Replacement Therapy' - Directed by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker; Produced by Frazer Pennebaker (21:00)
'South Boston Drug Court' - Directed and Produced by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky; Produced by Michael Bonsiglio (25:22)
'A Mother's Desperation' - Directed by Susan Froemke and Albert Maysles; Produced by Susan Froemke (25:36)