Pure O 2024

Sinopsis

Inspired by the filmmaker’s own story, an aspiring screenwriter and musician’s life quickly unravels when he is diagnosed with a crippling form of OCD. While struggling through his darkest hour, he must help himself and those around him tackle a litany of universal issues: grief, coming-of-age, addiction, redemption and the power of social connection.

Review

PURE O is a semi-auto, biographical memoir about the time Director-Writer-Editor Dillon Tucker was diagnosed with OCD. He was experiencing the early phases of what was to be the darkest, bleakest, most hellish period of his life. While also working on a promising film career and other creative pursuits, he was working as a counselor at a drug and alcohol rehab helping people when he discovered he needed more help than he could have ever anticipated.

Tucker said in his Director’s Statement that he made PURE O to raise awareness about the agonizing mental and behavioral health consequences resulting from OCD, which affects more than an estimated 3 million adults in the United States. Legions who have it are yet to be diagnosed, are yet to learn of the scourge plaguing their lives.

The National Survey of American Life (NSAL) found that Black Americans experience OCD at rates equivalent to the general population, however, very few receive treatment, indicating a substantial health disparity. In some studies, African American and Asian American experience more related OCD symptoms than European Americans. Asian Americans also reported elevated levels of obsessive beliefs. OCD affects all races and ethnicities, but it can look different in various populations. Hispanic and Latinx Americans are two of the fastest-growing racial/ethnic groups in the United States where about 50.5 million people (16 percent of the U.S. population) are of Hispanic or Latinx origin. Since there are different types of Hispanic/Latinx communities and identities, not all of this information applies to every individual.