Cinema in Sync: The Anonymous People

Join us for Cinema In Sync: Film, Fellowship, and Connection Series Screenings—a recovery-focused film series featuring stories of hope, resilience, transformation, and change. Each screening, presented in partnership by ArtsQuest and Sync Recovery Community, explores recovery through film, sparking conversation, challenging stigma, and highlighting the power of recovery in individuals, families, and communities.

Following each film, stay for an optional talk back with guest panelists. This supportive space offers an opportunity to share your thoughts, ask questions, connect with others, or simply listen as we continue the conversation around recovery.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

To support the spirit of Cinema in Sync, the theater hosting the film series will be maintained as a dedicated alcohol-free space. Alcohol may be available for purchase elsewhere throughout ArtsQuest Campus at SteelStacks and the ArtsQuest Center.

ADMISSION

Free and open to the public, though tickets are required. For your free tickets to The Anonymous People, click HERE.

The Anonymous People is a feature documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. Deeply entrenched social stigma have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. The vacuum has been filled with sensational mass media depictions of people with addiction that perpetuate a lurid fascination with the dysfunctional side of what is a preventable and treatable health condition. Just like women with breast cancer, or people with HIV/AIDS, a grass roots social justice movement is emerging. Courageous addiction recovery advocates have come out of the shadows and are organizing to end discrimination and move toward recovery-based solutions.

The moving story of “The Anonymous People” is told through the faces and voices of citizens, leaders, volunteers, corporate executives, public figures, and celebrities who are laying it all on the line to save the lives of others just like them. This passionate new public recovery movement aims to transform public opinion, engage communities and elected officials, and finally shift problematic policy toward lasting solutions.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqoEtUn0Agw&t=12s