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Synanon, originally known as Tender Loving Care, was a new religious movement founded in 1958 by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in Santa Monica, California, United States. Originally established as a drug rehabilitation program, Synanon developed into an alternative community centered on group truth-telling sessions that came to be known as ...
Synanon's founder Chuck Dederich, had attended a session of Alcoholics Anonymous and felt he could replicate the sober lifestyle program for drug users. Dederich would open one of the country's ...
Synanon (a.k.a. Get Off My Back! ) is a 1965 American drama film directed by Richard Quine and starring Chuck Connors , Stella Stevens , Alex Cord , Richard Conte , Eartha Kitt and Edmond O'Brien .
Rory Kennedy and Mark Bailey, the filmmakers behind HBO's docuseries "The Synanon Fix," spoke about the group, its followers and the dangers of blindly following a charismatic leader.
In Rory Kennedy’s four-part HBO documentary “The Synanon Fix,” the director explores Synanon, an organization formed in Santa Monica and designed to assist individuals struggling with drug ...
The Synanon Fix is an American documentary series directed and produced by Rory Kennedy. It explores the rise and fall of Synanon, told through the eyes of former members, into its descent into a cult. It had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2024. [2] [3] It premiered on April 1, 2024, on HBO. [4]
For Gandbhir, Arkin’s story had it all — including the fact that the story of the rise and fall of Synanon and its leader Chuck Dederich hasn’t been explored as much as others in the tragedy ...
Mel Wasserman, the founder of CEDU, was a former Synanon member. [9] According to Maia Szalavitz , author of Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids , "Synanon sold itself as a cure for hardcore heroin addicts who could help each other by 'breaking' new initiates with isolation, humiliation, hard labor, and ...