Format: Short Film

Client: OC87 Recovery Diaries

Director: Glenn Holsten

Producer: Chayne Gregg

Director of Photography: Phil Bradshaw

Editor: Greg Heller

RECOVERY DIARIES “A LETTER TO NIYYAH”

Silver AAF District 2 Award

Gold ADDY Winner, Philadelphia Addy Awards

Sharon was diagnosed with a mental illness at a young age and was hospitalized for the first time at the age of nine. Throughout her life, she was in over thirty psychiatric institutions and hospitals, many times on an involuntary basis, where she was secluded and restrained. She experienced homelessness and became addicted to drugs during her youth. She lived under a bridge.

Today, Sharon is a very busy woman — artist, advocate, and activist. She travels all over the country, teaching and training peers, government officials, and other interested community members about Trauma-Informed Care and substance abuse prevention.