True Life

An unflinching, intimate look at real people navigating hard, messy lives, equal parts sobering and humanizing.

Created by

Alison Ellwood, Liz Garbus

Genres

Documentary, Reality

Starring

Gideon Yago, Serena Altschul

Overview

True Life is a documentary series running on MTV since March 24, 1998. Each episode follows a particular topic, such as heroin addiction as in the first episode, "Fatal Dose." The show is created by following a series of subjects by a camera crew through a certain part of their lives.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic, tense and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Addiction, identity, survival, trauma

Content

Strong language. Mild violence, gore and sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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