Cruel Instruction
85 mins
The story of 16-year-old Kayla Adams, whose mother, Karen is advised by the school’s counselor to send Kayla to get treatment at a youth residential treatment center after she gets expelled from school. Kayla arrives at the Utah facility on the same day as her roommate Amanda, a treatment program veteran who knows exactly what the girls were in for. Led by headmistress Miss Connie, the staff uses draconian methods including force-feeding medications, arbitrary punishments, solitary confinement, verbal and physical abuse to keep the students in line. After being pushed to their limits and stripped of their lifelines, including any ability to freely communicate with the outside world, the two young women must band together to survive and fight to expose the abuse before it’s too late.
Kevin Leslie
Producer
Craig Baumgarten
Executive Producer
Jessica Fish
Production Design
Shawn Williamson
Executive Producer
Allan Lee
Editor
Amy Belling
Director of Photography
Shanna Mair
Costume Design
Noemie Thirion
Art Direction
Gia Ghadimian
Associate Producer
Julie Alexandra Lepage
Set Supervisor
Andrea Velarde Mosquera
Dialogue Editor
Eddy Hardy
Second Assistant Director
Matias Gibbs
Foley Editor
Jeff Grout
ADR Mixer
Miguel Nunes
Mixing Engineer
Jaye Krebs
Art Designer
Justin Rimorin
Stunts
Heather Eschuk
Production Coordinator
Brittany Hoagland
Associate Producer
Brittany Horne
Key Hair Stylist
Shahar Ben Halevi
Third Assistant Director
Dan Murray
Background Designer
Evan Shotropa
Assistant Costume Designer
Emma Lewicky
Music Coordinator
Janice Liew
Script Supervisor
Valerie Biggin
Music Supervisor
Lorne Wright
Colorist
Mary Renvall
Hair Department Head
Paula Antil
First Assistant Director
Jay Kamal
"B" Camera Operator
Adrienne Rush
Writer
