The Ninth Floor

In an apartment above Fifth Avenue, some thirty young people live in a vortex of drug addiction and despair. In The Ninth Floor, Jessica Dimmock enters this world, exploring, in human terms, what has been lost and what may be recovered. See the project at http://mediastorm.com/publication/the-ninth-floor

The Ninth Floor is a film that will having you wondering and thinking about after you finish watching.  It is based on the lives of people that are in danger due to drug use.  As everyday in life there are probably more than 1,000 people in New York City that has to go through this and it's really sad.  When I was watching this video it really made me sad and disappointed because it is like they will give up anything just to have these drugs in them even though they know that it's hurting.  It really has me thinking how can we help these people and the people around them.  Drugs can do a lot of damage but, it can also change your life and make you a better and stronger person.  The characters in Ninth Floor where all couples living together and try to work out there lives try to get clean.  Jessie was one of the main characters in this film.  She was living by herself in an apartment and got kicked out because of her drug use.  She was left in the streets so she deiced to move with her mom and try to get clean.  That never worked out and she keeped ending up hospitalized.  She stood with her mother and try to stay clean.  Then there's Dionn and Racheal.  They lived together in an apparent in the Bronx. They were trying to get clean also but then something else came on the way that was really special.  They had a baby together that really changed there lives because it helped them realize that now they have to be responsible.  There was something in the film that Dionn said, "that new born has nothing bad in it that new born has everything good."  This film had me thinking a lot after how many people need our help not only with drugs but in others things.