Opium Den
by Julie Marie Myatt

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100 mins

Synopsis

Combat photojournalist Matthew Milton is charged with flying from Afghanistan to pick up his sister, Lizzie, after a two-month stint in rehab for heroin addiction.

Lizzie's wealthy Connecticut lifestyle is no match for her desire to get high, and Matthew’s own addiction to war is masked by his sense of duty to show the public the truth behind our endless wars.

With no where else to stay, Sergeant Mac Johnson, just retired, comes home to stay with Matthew, in a building full of fellow photojournalists.

The subject of one of Matthew's documentaries, Mac reveals that Matthew's search for the truth, came at the expense of Mac's sense of self, life and privacy.

Both drugs and war prove inescapable addictions, in a nation that continues to both feed and hide them.