The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult?
2024 - 2024
6.8 (11)
1 hr 0 min
English
1 season, 4 episodes
Explore the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.
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- Status
- Ended
- Production
- Moxie Films, HBO Documentary Films
Keywords
- child abuse
- paranoia
- group therapy
- heroin
- utopia
- cult
- addiction
- alcoholism
- drug rehabilitation
- new age
- brainwashing
- shaved head
- heroin addict
- alternative lifestyle
- sober
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Top Cast
Charles Dederich Sr. as Self
Elena Broslovsky as Self
Jady Dederich Montgomery as Self
Phil Ritter as Self
Bill Goodson as Self
Miriam Bourdette as Self
Phil Bourdette as Self
Bettye Coleman as Self
Top Crew
Mark Bailey · Creator
Rory Kennedy · Creator, Director
Nathan Larson · Composer
Lincoln Else · Cinematographer
Veronica Pinkham · Editor
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