Cocaine Angel

Amidst the stink, the sweat, and unforgiving heat of Jacksonville, FL, Cocaine Angel captures the grinding and tragic life of Scott, a weary cocaine addict clinging to the remnants of his once hopeful existence. Acclaimed for its realism and its depiction of the mundane existence of drug dependence, this film “goes a long way toward rescuing the addiction drama from junkie stereotypes and self-help clichés” (The Village Voice). Director Michael Tully deftly captures the decaying world of its main character and star/writer. Damian K. Lahey gives “a performance as relentless, and original, as anything onscreen in 2005” (Filmmaker Magazine). A film that played to audiences all over the world, Cocaine Angel is a small character piece that portrays the emptiness of an oft times wrongly romanticized lifestyle.