Films and Documentaries on the Troubled Teen Industry
Documentary: This is Paris – “We thought we knew Paris Hilton. We were wrong. This is the untold true story that shaped the woman, and the iconic character she created.” #breakingcodesilence
Documentary – Tranquility Bay: WWASP Behavior Modification Camps
Documentary – Locked in Paradise
Movies
Over the GW – Based on actual events in the life of the filmmaker, writer/director Nick Gaglia’s Over the GW tells the story of a cult-like, drug-rehabilitation center that abuses, brainwashes, and imprisons vulnerable teens.
Aaron Bacon – Inspired by the book Help at Any Cost by Maia Szalavitz, Aaron Bacon is based on the true story of a troubled, 16-year old boy who dies as a result of physical abuse and starvation in a tough-love, wilderness, drug-treatment facility.
Boot Camp – A group of troubled teens are sent to a rehabilitation program housed in a remote camp on the island of Fiji. What their parents believe is a state-of-the-art deluxe institution in a beautiful natural environment turns out to be a prison-like boot camp where they are abused and brainwashed.
Coldwater – A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.