ORANGE COUNTY’S AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY, BEHIND THE ORANGE
CURTAIN HARVESTS AWARENESS OF THE TEEN DRUG EPIDEMIC.
-For immediate releaseJuly 7, 2012—BEHIND THE ORANGE CURTAIN, directed by Brent Huff, was the
winner of the Orange County Filmmaking Award at the 2012 Newport Beach
Film Festival. The message imparted in the film will continue to shake up
theatregoers while spreading the word about a frightening epidemic. The
untimely deaths of our youth, caused by inappropriate pharmaceutical drug
use will permeate the theater at the presentation of this important documentary
at the Stony Brook Film Festival Center for the Arts in New York, on Friday, July
19th at 7:00 p.m.
Behind the Orange Curtain is a stirring documentary film that delves into the
staggering problem of teenage drug abuse, zeroing in on one of the most
affluent counties in the country, Orange County, California. Teenagers are
dying of drug overdoses in record numbers and this film addresses the question,
“Why is this happening?” Executive Producer, Natalie Costa, a concerned
parent, stated that “The drug epidemic doesn’t discriminate; it doesn’t matter if
you live on Park Avenue or on a park bench;” This film is a call to action.”
Several parents, who have lost children, share their thoughts on the prescription
drug-abuse outbreak. Also interviewed in the film, are an Orange County DEA
Agent, as well as coroners, psychologists, authors, drug counselors, doctors and
former and current addicts. A segment with Congresswoman, Mary Bono Mack,
an advocate for the end of prescription Drug abuse in America, is featured, as
she spoke with concerned parents.
The film crew went undercover and was able to capture one “dirty doctor” in
action. This particular doctor had written 27,000 prescriptions in a three-year
period. Many of her patients were never even examined and several died as a
result of using the prescribed pills. Is part of the problem simply greed in the
medical and pharmaceutical industries? Why is little being done by law
enforcement and the DEA to stop these dirty doctors?
Many compelling questions are addressed, such as, do therapy and
interventions actually help? Are Twelve-Step Programs effective? Where are
teens getting prescription drugs? Do teens think they are safer than illegal
drugs? Are they raiding their parent’s medicine cabinets or are they simply
getting the drugs online or from neighboring Mexican or Canadian Pharmacies?
-MOREUnfortunately, it is not uncommon for parents to spend their life savings trying to
save their children. One young girl interviewed, was caught printing counterfeit
money and was arrested with $13,000 in fake currency. After serving time in a
Federal penitentiary, she was released and subsequently admitted to
rehabilitation centers sixteen times, costing her parents hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Another young girl suffered a stroke at a rave party; a young man is now
a paraplegic, unable to walk or talk.
It is our duty as citizens to do everything we can to prevent another untimely
and tragic death because of a senseless overdose. Behind the Orange Curtain
brings a strong call to action for this staggering tragedy of epic proportions.
Your influence and support of this imminent crisis can help save lives. It is
essential that you help get the word out to as many people as possible. You
may prevent future deaths and help create solutions and awareness for this
catastrophe.
Please visit www.behindtheorangecurtain.net to check out the incredible press
support for the cause, from ABC & KTLA News and numerous other publications.
Media inquires at 949.678.6246 or
Behindtheorangecurtainfilm@gmail.com
For more information on the Stony Brook Film Festival July 19 -28, 2012
http://stonybrookfilmfestival.com/
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