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.
Unfortunately the movie Cruel Instruction is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Stanley M. Brooks | Director |
Production | Jonathan Shore | Executive Producer |
Production | Trevor McWhinney | Executive Producer |
Production | Fernando Szew | Executive Producer |
Production | Shawn Williamson | Executive Producer |
Production | Jamie Goehring | Executive Producer |
Production | Stanley M. Brooks | Executive Producer |
Production | Craig Baumgarten | Executive Producer |
Production | Kevin Leslie | Producer |
Camera | Amy Belling | Director of Photography |
Editing | Allan Lee | Editor |
Sound | Matthew Rogers | Music |
Costume & Make-Up | Shanna Mair | Costume Design |
Art | Jessica Fish | Production Design |
Art | Noemie Thirion | Art Direction |
Production | Gia Ghadimian | Associate Producer |
Production | Brittany Hoagland | Associate Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Brittany Horne | Key Hair Stylist |
Costume & Make-Up | Mary Renvall | Hair Department Head |
Directing | Paula Antil | First Assistant Director |
Directing | Shahar Ben Halevi | Third Assistant Director |
Directing | Eddy Hardy | Second Assistant Director |
Sound | Matias Gibbs | Foley Editor |
Sound | Jeff Grout | ADR Mixer |
Art | Dan Murray | Background Designer |
Crew | Miguel Nunes | Mixing Engineer |
Sound | Andrea Velarde Mosquera | Dialogue Editor |
Art | Jaye Krebs | Art Designer |
Crew | Fraser Aitcheson | Stunts |
Crew | Cameron Hilts | Stunt Coordinator |
Crew | Justin Rimorin | Stunts |
Crew | Tally Rodin | Stunt Double |
Crew | Hugo Steele | Stunt Coordinator |
Camera | Jay Kamal | "B" Camera Operator |
Art | Julie Alexandra Lepage | Set Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Evan Shotropa | Assistant Costume Designer |
Editing | Lorne Wright | Colorist |
Sound | Valerie Biggin | Music Supervisor |
Sound | Emma Lewicky | Music Coordinator |
Directing | Janice Liew | Script Supervisor |
Production | Heather Eschuk | Production Coordinator |
Writing | Adrienne Rush | Writer |