HOOKED
A powerful and shocking short filmed statement on the perils of drug addiction
Written and Narrated by Thom McKeown
Drug addiction is completely and absolutely unbiased. It does not matter who you are, where you come from, where you are, who you know, what you do, what you look like, what you believe in. It's a tornado and regardless of who you are, addiction will dismantle your entire life and well-being without ever looking back. There was never an era in history with such pervasive slavery - and that's exactly what you become, a slave to a drug. Millions...tens of millions... are addicted.
As you hear this there is a gun barrel pointed at a shopkeeper, there is a sick addict breaking down a door to find any item to sell for drugs. There is a once straightforward child turning to prostitution to get high.
It's happening everywhere and there is no such thing as controlling it. Drug addiction. When you are hooked, it will tear you apart - and everything and everyone that surrounds you - limb from limb.
LIFE MATTERS A compilation of short original dramas © 2010-2020
• Custody
• Angel
• Caught In Traffic*
• A Lesson To Be Learned
• Nocturne
• Umiliare
• The Incident
• Spirit
• Snafu
Written and Directed by Thom McKeown
* Directed by Noel Franson
(Full details on actors, filming, editing, design and music appear in each segment's credits)