The Addiction of Hope
Somewhere between reality and despair … there’s hope.
Jo Stock, an African American woman of a certain age is faced with a decision that could uproot her life at a time when it’s uncomfortable to change. As an aging actress living off her past success, she’s forced to examine her choices in life and the importance of family versus fame when her sister, Lynnie gets sick in this story about having the courage to change your life.
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Zeen_Atoms
11/15/2025
The Addiction of Hope, starring Anne-Marie Johnson, is a story about choices. Anne-Marie's character, Jo Stock, is an aging out of work actress drowning in an industry that tends to overlook women past the age of 30. The film highlights the idea that women in Hollywood are viewed as a perishable commodity rather than being appreciated for the artists that they are. In the midst of this bludgeoned horse of lessons Jo's family carries onward in the peripheral of Jo's life until Jo's sister, Lynnie (Harley Jane Kozak), gets sick with cancer. Jo finds herself traveling from the bustling city of LA to visit her sister Lynnie in the serenity of North Western Washington State. As Jo reconnects with her sister and two nephews, they find unresolved conflict which opens a series of family wounds tha
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