In honor of National Recovery Month, Washington County Community College invites the public to a free viewing of the film Inheritance on Thursday, September 19th, at 5 p.m. in the St. Croix Lecture Hall.
Filmed over 11 years, INHERITANCE follows Curtis, a young boy, as
he grows up in rural Appalachia in a family and community surrounded
by substance use disorder and poverty. Can Curtis break the cycle of
addiction that has plagued his family for generations?
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 boy, grows up from age 12 to 18 surrounded
by love and struggle while every adult in his family – parents, grandparents, aunts,
uncles, and cousins – battles addiction. Curtis’ America is an America where
people and communities are struggling with an epidemic of substance use
disorder, joblessness and a deteriorating sense of belonging.