Chances: The Women of Magdalene

Chances The Women of Magdalene is a 2006 documentary film produced and directed by Tom Neff, and written by Neff and Barry Rubinow. The documentary features the socially conscious organization known as Magdalene, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The system of recovery practiced at Magdalene is based on the twelve steps and twelve traditions of Narcotics Anonymous.

Nashville Scene film critic Jim Ridley gave the film a more mixed review, and wrote, The womens blunt personal stories form the most compelling parts of Tom Neffs earnest, polished profile, which amounts to promotion for the program and its good works. As documentary, its limited we see very little of the daytoday life inside the shelters, while a project pairing Magdalene House residents with Music Row songwriters takes up too much of the movies focusit comes as an intrusion when a sons funeral turns into a music montage. But the Magdalene women interviewed on camera have fought for their second chances, and the hardwon hope on their faces can make you forgive a lot.

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