ABOUT THE PROJECT
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An inspiring portrait of the Bridge Ministry, a camp where men with serious addiction issues have their lives transformed through job-training, and psychological and spiritual mentoring.
SYNOPSIS
The Bridge Ministry, founded by William Washington, works to save the lives of men dealing with serious addiction issues. They are given the opportunity to reside at a camp for a yearlong residency. They receive intensive job-training skills along with psychological and spiritual mentoring to give them a chance to return to society as successful community and family members. The film will be a portrait of this transformative journey.
Interwoven throughout this film will be the inspiring story of William Washington’s life. Having suffered serious trauma as a child, which led to him being a homeless teenager on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia as both a user and seller of deadly drugs, Washington was incarcerated more than once.
While eventually facing a long-term prison sentence, he was given a chance to enter a program which positively altered his life. Uplifted by this experience, he dedicated his own life to helping others who faced the same troubled path that he had been on. This led to his creation of the Bridge Ministry.
The film will be utilized to both provide support for the Bridge Ministry to sustain their efforts as well as to inspire replication of this life-changing program in communities across our country. The ultimate social impact will be to change the lives of our addicted brothers and sisters.
By humanizing the individuals attending the Bridge Ministry camp, the film will express to the viewers that these are not just stereotypical criminals, but instead are fellow human beings who are dealing with traumatic life experiences. Incarceration is not the way to change their lives for the betterment of our world. Confronting and overcoming trauma is how to successfully deal with our serious addiction crisis.
PROJECT TYPE Documentary Feature
DIRECTOR Chris Farina
PRODUCER Chris Farina
WEBSITE rosaliafilms.com/films/the-bridge-ministry/
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