The Last to Know
New Day Films
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39m
Directed by Bonnie Friedman • Documentary • 1981 • 45 minutes
Acclaimed at the New York Film Festival, THE LAST TO KNOW presents the real worlds of four addicted women, three in recovery, and one still drinking and using drugs. In their own words and in their own environments, these four very different women share their struggles with a generous and uncompromising honesty. The film movingly shows how the medical community, the media, and the values of society at large help to perpetuate alcoholism and drug abuse in women .
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