a smart recovery narrative short film

AUTHENTICS

DIRECTED BY

DANIEL STINE

Les has found his niche working as a guide in a remote park. The job represents a quiet but meaningful refuge after years of battling addiction and struggling to salvage the fractured relationship with his daughter and two young grandchildren. When Michaella, an aspiring fine-art photographer with issues of her own, shows up at Les's museum, their lives intersect awkwardly, but the seed of a mutually rewarding relationship is sown.

Made for SMART Recovery USA “AUTHENTICS” is an honest, relatable and ultimately hopeful narrative on recovery from​ ​addiction, as seen through the eyes of two very different people whose lives intersect after a chance encounter.

One viewer said, "I'm in recovery and this big man cried like a baby. Thank you." Another wrote, “What an inspiring video - so authentic, and so well done. It was wonderful to see the story unfold with SMART teachings so subtly weaving in and out of it.”

AUTHENTICS released online via SMART Recovery’s Youtube Channel, Recovery TV, December 2019.