Inheritance Rise Strong

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Rise Strong Counseling PLLC is hosting a public event to anyone who wants to join! The screening of the documentary INHERITANCE (the Film) followed by a conversation with one or both film directors Amy Toensing and Matt Moyer (the Speaker/s) via Zoom.

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 12 year-old, grows up surrounded by love and struggle while every adult in his family – parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins – battle addiction. Curtis’s America is a country where people and communities are struggling with an epidemic of substance use disorder, joblessness, poverty, and a deteriorating sense of belonging.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that about one out of

every eight kids in America grows up in homes with a substance use problem.

INHERITANCE does not suggest policy changes but we passionately believe that empathy

and understanding are the first spark toward change.

The deeper we delved into this story, the more we began to look at the impact substance

use disorder has had on our own family histories. Although Curtis has faced many more

difficult struggles than we ever did, we felt a deepening connection with him and his family, and a belief that audiences could be led to feel the same connection, empathy, and hope toward Curtis.

- Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing, Directors, Producers & Cinematographers

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

2246 Palmer Dr suite 108, 2246 Palmer Drive, Schaumburg, United States