Contributions

  • Antonetti, Carlos, interviewee - Contributor
  • Armstrong, Major, interviewee - Contributor
  • Oppenheim, Jonathan, film editor - Contributor
  • Weber, Juliet, film editor - Contributor
  • Gentry, Simon, composer - Contributor
and 3 more
  • Travis, Helen, Sister, 1930-2000 - Contributor
  • R & R Films, Inc - Contributor
  • New Video Group - Contributor

Publication

2004 - Docurama, Vermont

Language

English

Word Count

22,000 words, Guess

Page Count

88 pages

Physical Format

Video Recording

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC362.17/86
  • LCCHV4999.4.N5 S57 2004

Description

" ... [T]his emotionally compelling film is an inspirational and uplifting portrait of a truly colorful and most unusual New York character. Brash, foul-mouthed and no-nonsense, Sister Helen Travis is not your usual saintly soul. A recovering alcoholic who lost her husband and sons to substance abuse, she single-handedly fights her own war on drugs as director of a halfway house for recovering addicts in NYC's South Bronx. Filmmakers Rob Fruchtman and Rebecca Cammisa vividly capture the complex love/hate relationsip between this tough-as-nails nun and the men who both fear her and rely on her to help them battle their own inner demons ... Sister Helen runs a tight ship in which everyone must obey her rules and the hand that writes them"--Container.

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