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An unflinching documentary a decade in the making, Inheritance follows Curtis as he grows up in rural Appalachia in a family and community surrounded by substance use disorder and poverty. Q&A to follow.
Inheritance explores the underlying causes of the opioid epidemic in America through the life of one boy and five generations of his extended family over 11 years. Curtis, a bright and hopeful 12-year-old, grows up surrounded by love and struggle while every adult in his family—parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins—battle addiction. Curtis’s America is a country where people and communities are struggling with an epidemic of substance use disorder, joblessness, poverty, and a deteriorating sense of belonging. [81 min; documentary; English]
A Q&A will follow the screening with filmmaker Amy Toensing; Jon Agley, Cris Henderson, and Angela Campbell from IU’s School of Public Health; and Kathy Hewett of the Monroe County Health Department.
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