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The Gospel According to Mr. Allen: Directed by Eddie Rosenstein. With James Allen, Ossie Davis. When James Allen opened the Addicts Rehabilitation Center in Harlem it was New York State's first residential treatment center for people without money.
Availability: Worldwide. "The Gospel According to Mr. Allen" follows three addicts through A.R.C, as they try to break the grip of drugs. Peter wants to stay out of jail. Michelle would like to get her children back. And Brett hopes for a record contract. But any of them really make it?
When James Allen opened the Addicts Rehabilitation Center in Harlem it was New York State's first residential treatment center for people without money. Forty three years later, the center is still an embattled facility in the center of some of America's meanest streets.
Granted total access to a Harlem self-help drug abuse center, the filmmakers allow Mr. Allen, a saintly ex-addict who runs the center, and his staff and clients to tell their profound stories. Most notably, the film explores issues beyond how addiction affect the addicts—how those addictions also affect the families.
Synopsis. When James Allen opened the Addicts Rehabilitation Center in Harlem it was New York State's first residential treatment center for people without...
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“The Gospel According to Mr. Allen” follows three addicts as they try to break the grip of drugs. Peter wants to stay out of jail. Michelle would like to get her children back. And Brett hopes for a record contract. But can the battle against poverty, hopelessness and addiction really be won?
