It was probably a couple of months of discussions. If a student didn’t want something filmed, he shut off the camera. It’s now located inside one of the buildings that make up the Northshore Education Consortium. All Rights Reserved. Principal and Founder Michelle Lipinski founded the school in order to create a safe and supportive community, while placing a high value on education and accountability. The second episode of the four-part series is scheduled to air on MTV on Tuesday at 9 p.m. Michelle Lipinski, who has been Northshore Recovery’s principal since the start, said the documentary is shining a light on the school’s philosophy of love and support over discipline and punishment, and will hopefully influence how other schools approach the problem. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, you are not alone, and help is available.
The documentary was produced and directed by Steve Liss, who worked as a photographer for Time Magazine for 23 years and filmed the Discovery Channel documentary “Sacred Cod” based in Gloucester. “They just have been through the ringer so much. It’s a story of grit and perseverance and radical hope.”, “These children have been showered with nothing but love (since the documentary began airing),” Lipinski said. Low around 55F. His work tells the stories of "people who are struggling," and his primary goal is to capture "intimate stories about people whose stories may not have been told.". MTV has also collaborated with leading experts in recovery and addiction to provide resources and information at 16andrecovering.com. Who doesn’t love a good redemption story?”. First of all, community is the right word. And from the moment that I met Michelle, I knew that there was a very powerful story here to tell.
The relatively anonymous locations can hide the miracles and heartbreak going on inside the walls of the school for students struggling with addiction. Setting up some protocols so that we could do this. “I thought that was a powerful story.”. His work has culminated in the new four-part MTV series, “ 16 & Recovering .” “It’s just been an opportunity of saying, ‘That’s how schools should be.’”. The documentary, “16 and Recovering,” follows nine students for the 2017-2018 school year.
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BEVERLY — Northshore Recovery High School began 14 years ago in the basement of the former Memorial Middle School in Beverly. They did exactly what they promised. That they're not bad.