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001356268 035__ $$a(OCoLC)747799007
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001356268 1001_ $$aFruchtman, Rob.
001356268 24510 $$aSister Helen$$h[electronic resource] /$$cby Rob Fruchtman and Rebecca Cammisa.
001356268 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bFilmakers Library,$$c2002.
001356268 300__ $$a1 online resource (61 min.).
001356268 500__ $$aOriginally released as DVD.
001356268 500__ $$aTitle from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
001356268 520__ $$aSister Helen, a tough, 69-year-old Benedictine nun, runs the Travis Center, a clean and sober halfway house for recovering addicts and ex-convicts in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx, New York. Mott Haven is the poorest congressional district in the nation, where extreme poverty, unemployment, drug abuse and crime have a distinct daily presence. The number of social service agencies set up to help the drug and alcohol-dependent in this community continues to be far too few to meet its rising demand. She lives with 21 men of mixed race and economic backgrounds who are addicted to alcohol, drugs, or both. She runs a tough place. The rules include: required attendance at group meetings, random and humiliating urine samples, strict curfews, no lying, and any other thing Sister Helen wants when she wants it. She loves life and is often funny, but she is always on guard, trying to catch mistakes before they happen. She takes little chaff from the residents, frequently threatening to boot them out. Sister Helen's tragic past holds the key to her present life and mission. Haunted by her own decades-long struggle with alcoholism and a string of tragic personal losses, including the violent murder of her 15 year-old son and the alcohol and drug-related deaths of her husband and second son, Sister Helen overcame her own alcoholism and established the center in 1989.
001356268 521__ $$aFor College; Adult audiences.
001356268 546__ $$aThis edition in English.
001356268 586__ $$aDocumentary Directing Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2002
001356268 586__ $$aGolden Hugo Award, Chicago International Film Festival, 2002
001356268 586__ $$aNomination, Outstanding Directorial Achievement, Directors Guild of America, 2003
001356268 650_0 $$aBenedictine nuns$$zNew York (State)$$zNew York.
001356268 650_0 $$aHalfway houses$$zNew York (State)$$zNew York. 
001356268 650_0 $$aRecovering addicts$$zNew York (State)$$zNew York. 
001356268 651_0 $$aMott Haven (New York, N.Y.)$$xSocial conditions.
001356268 655_7 $$aDocumentary films.$$2lcgft
001356268 7001_ $$aCammisa, Rebecca.
001356268 7761_ $$cOriginal$$w(OCoLC)747799007
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001356268 945__ $$aThe Whole World
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001356268 983__ $$aOnline