TV series

The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult?

2024 · 1 season

A sobering, firsthand descent from hopeful communal cure to paranoid control, told by those who lived it.

Overview: Explore the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Addiction, power, corruption, isolation
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
power
corruption
isolation
betrayal
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: documentary
Created by: Mark Bailey, Rory Kennedy
Starring: Charles Dederich Sr., Elena Broslovsky, Jady Dederich Montgomery, Phil Ritter, Bill Goodson, Miriam Bourdette, Phil Bourdette, Bettye Coleman
Music: Nathan Larson
Cinematography: Lincoln Else
Length: 1 seasons, 4 episodes, 60 min each
Network: HBO
Country: United States of America
Languages: English