Inheritance: 11 years in the life of one boy in the opioid epidemic
Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series
Speaker
Amy Toensing and Matt MoyerDate & time
Location
Directed by Amy Toensing and Matt Moyer, the documentary"Inheritance" explores the underlying causes of the opioid epidemic in America through the life of one boy and five generations of his extended family over 11 years. Curtis, a bright and hopeful 12-year-old, grows up surrounded by love and struggle while every adult in his family – parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins – battles addiction. Curtis’s America is a country where people and communities are struggling with an epidemic of substance use disorder, joblessness, poverty, and a deteriorating sense of belonging.
A screening of the documentary will take place after the talk at 2pm in the same room.
Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.
This series is free and open to the public, but is also a one-credit course available for U-M students during the Fall 2024 semester. Students can enroll in SWK 503 001 or U-M class 26997 on Canvas.
This event is sponsored by: the University of Michigan Wallace House Center for Journalists, the University of Michigan Opioid Research Institute, and the University of Michigan Child and Adolescent Data Lab.
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