Sometimes there are documentaries that come along that show the best and worst in human nature. Films that will touch your heart and then rip it out a moment later. If you want to watch a documentary that will show you beautiful highs and devastating emotional lows, you can’t go wrong with Hulu’s “Jacinta.”

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As seen in the trailer for “Jacinta,” the festival standout from 2020 tells the story of a young mother named Jacinta.

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Focusing on the intergenerational traumas that grow out of drug addiction, Jessica Earnshaw’s profound new documentary “Jacinta” explores the relationships between three women in Maine, hamstrung by addiction and the cyclical process of relapse, rehab, and recovery. Earnshaw’s unfiltered approach, in which the camera lays bare the messy process of substance dependence, is often a harrowing watch, one that centralizes the toll of addiction on family life with stark clarity.

Continue reading ‘Jacinta’: A Profound Look At The Brutal Reality Of Addiction & Recovery [Tribeca Review] at The Playlist.