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Chasing Dad: A Lifelong Addiction

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Available for over a year

This original and compelling documentary depicts one father’s long-term struggle with heroin addiction, told through the uniquely intimate perspective of his own son. After years of acrimony and estrangement, young film-maker Phillip Wood seeks out his father to try and understand what’s happened to him. But his father is now seriously ill and over the next few months Phillip’s visits force both to confront some uncomfortable truths about their past. Developed from Phillip’s graduation film, Chasing Dad: A Lifelong Addiction offers a strikingly stark exploration into a subject that significantly affected his childhood. This intimate, revealing documentary will show addiction from a different side and challenge our assumptions about how families can rebuild their broken relationships. Show less

Contributors

Participant:
Phillip Wood Sr
Participant:
Phillip Wood
Producer:
Phillip Wood
Director:
Phillip Wood
Executive Producer:
Jane Treavs
Executive Producer:
Peter Dale
Film Editor:
Ollie Huddleston

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