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Higher Love

2020 · 78 min

A raw, unflinching look at addiction and love that feels heavy and intimate, offering little relief but deep human stakes.

Directed by
Hasan Oswald
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Daryl Gantt, Danitza Rivera, Darnez Gantt
Overview
A blue collar worker tries to rescue his pregnant, heroin-addicted girlfriend from the notorious streets of Camden, NJ and her close-knit group of drug users. Once their son is born, he forces her to choose between her life with her drug "family" and one with him and their child.

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Directed by
Hasan Oswald
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Daryl Gantt, Danitza Rivera, Darnez Gantt
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • addiction
    • family
    • parenthood
    • love
    • survival
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language strong
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism10
    Romance4
    Tension6
    Darkness8
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight9

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Hasan Oswald
    Written by
    Derek Rubin, Alexander Spiess, Kait Plum, Hasan Oswald
    Starring
    Daryl Gantt, Danitza Rivera, Darnez Gantt, Iman Fisher, Raymond Koonce, Nicelle Alloway, Tyree Lawson, Brenda Antinore
    Runtime
    78 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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