At the heart of our mission is Denied, a deeply personal documentary that follows families and caregivers as they confront the ripple effects and often devastating consequences of addiction.

Addiction is a chronic disease with evidence-based treatments—but too often, families are told to wait for ‘rock bottom’, and then forced to navigate a broken system where help comes too late, if at all. Denied centers on mothers and family members, who bear witness to these gaps, revealing urgent questions about access, accountability, and the cost of inaction.
 

Alongside these families, the film features treatment providers, law enforcement, a recovery court judge, and advocates for insurance reform—voices that expose what works, what doesn’t, and why the system fails so many.
 

Told with raw honesty and emotional depth, Denied is both a portrait of grief and resilience, and a call to action. It explores the hope and possibility of recovery while asking a critical question: Why is effective treatment still so hard to access?