Despite decades of documented abuse and hundreds of deaths, thousands of teenagers across the United States are held in cultlike reform programs that generate multibillion-dollar profits with little to no government oversight. Told through the personal lens of three families' journeys through what's come to be known as the "troubled teen industry," THE KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT is an intimate portrait of trauma and what it means to survive that asks if healing is possible in the absence of justice.
Crew
Mikaela Shwer
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Veronica Pinkham
Writer, Editor
Christina Funkhouser
Writer
Will Garofalo
Editor
Autumn Eakin
Cinematography
Michael Beach Nichols
Cinematography
John Henry Hinkel
Co-Executive Producer
Andrew Ostapchenko
Co-Executive Producer
Margaret Katcher
Producer
Robyn Kopp
Producer
Kate Logan
Producer
Alana Maiello
Producer
Kimberly Stuckwisch
Producer
Hannah Jain
Associate Producer
Andrew Thibault
Associate Producer
Alexandra Marske
Co-Producer
Ben Messelbeck
Music