Creative High follows nine artists—dancers, painters, musicians, and performers—each navigating their own relationship with addiction and recovery.

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Creative High follows nine artists—dancers, painters, musicians, and performers—each navigating their own relationship with addiction and recovery.

Welcome to Earth Sayers Cinema, where we amplify the voices of transformational leaders working toward a more sustainable and compassionate world. Today's episode explores Creative High, a powerful documentary that ventures into the profound intersection of art, addiction, and recovery. This isn't just another film about substance abuse—it's an intimate journey into the lives of nine artists who have faced the abyss of addiction and discovered that creativity itself can be a pathway to healing and wholeness.

Joining us is filmmaker Dianne Griffin, co-director of Creative High alongside Adriana Marone. Dianne brings a unique dual perspective to this project: she's both an accomplished documentary cinematographer and someone in recovery herself. Her work explores themes of transformation, spirituality, and human resilience, informed by her practice of Buddhism and her belief that the creative process is fundamentally a spiritual journey. 

The Creative High documentary follows nine artists in recovery from addictive behaviors who are transformed by the creative process in their tumultuous search for identity and freedom. Through

The Creative High documentary follows nine artists in recovery from addictive behaviors who are transformed by the creative process in their tumultuous search for identity and freedom. Through hip-hop, theater, dance, rock and roll, photography and painting, this revealing documentary showcases how various art mediums can inspire resilience and celebrate the human spirit. Dianne Griffin, Producer/Director