Cottonland
By: directed by Nance Ackerman in collaboration with Eddie Buchanan ; producer Annette Clarke.
Contributors: Ackerman, Nance.; Buchanan, Eddie.; National Film Board of Canada.
Publisher: National Film Board of Canada
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Montreal]
Language: eng
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Medication abuse -- Treatment.; Medication abuserszCanada -- Biography.; Oxycodone.; Glace Bay (N.S.) -- Economic conditions.; Glace Bay (N.S. -- Social conditions.
Genres: Biography.
Description: When the last of Cape Breton's coalmines shut down in the late 1990's, the community of Glace Bay fell into economic despair followed by social depression. Many people became addicted to the prescription painkiller OxyContin.  This film looks at the social and economic factors that helped create this  dependency,and at the necessity of a strong and cohesive social network to help  people resist. "Cottonland" emphasizes the importance of a collective approach to  the problems of addiction and dependency.
Notes: FOR CLASSROOM USE ONLY (PPR)

Live action with still pictures.

Screen format: widescreen.

National Film Board of Canada production ; written by Nance Ackerman.

Narrator, Eddie Buchanan.

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