Essex CHIPS is hosting the documentary film, Our American Family at Essex Experience on October 3. Essex CHIPS has its roots in prevention work and we are bringing a powerful documentary and discussion with Linda Geraghty, the matriarch of the family featured in, Our American Family as part of the film's educational screening tour. We hope that by bringing this film to Chittenden County we will spark healthy, honest conversations that raise awareness, promote understanding and de-stigmatize addiction and recovery. The film humanizes the disease of addiction and opens a safe space for honest conversation and reflection.
Tuesday, October 3 7:00pm Screening followed by discussion.
T-Rex Theatre at the Essex Experience, 21 Essex Way #300, Essex, VT
Tickets are FREE, please preregister at: https://sevendaystickets.com/events/our-american-family-10-3-2023
Film recommended for ages 16 and up due to language and thematic elements about substance use.
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Anonymous, Division of Substance Use Programs, Vermont Department of Health, Essex Experience and United Way of Northwest Vermont.
Refreshments available for purchase. Questions email: office@essexchips.org
Addiction is an all-encompassing force not only in the lives of the afflicted, but also those around them. Captured at a pivotal "nothing to lose" moment over the course of a year, OUR AMERICAN FAMILY is a radically honest portrait of five family members grappling with the legacy of generational addiction as they fight to heal resentments and pull each other out of the deepest depths.
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