Remote Chance: Health Care in Rural America, a digital-first series of short films by award-winning filmmaker Elizabeth Arledge, made possible by the National Alliance on Mental Illness 
and The Annette Harkins Family Trust
Substance Use Risk Adds to Legal & Behavioral Health Issues In Rural New Mexico’s Hispanic Men
Young Hispanic men in rural New Mexico are at high risk for substance abuse and problems with the law. Levi Montoya shares his personal story of overcoming these challenges and changing generational patterns of mental health issues.
Visit our Remote Chance: Health Care in Rural America series page to learn more about the key issues impacting mental health in rural America and find ways to break the stigma.
About the Series
The pandemic has exacerbated the crisis in rural health care and mental health in America. To raise awareness, educate, reduce stigma, and change the national conversation, Remote Chance: Health Care in Rural America shares a portrait of the disparities in rural and frontier regions of the United States in care and mental health. From lack of services to isolation and ethnic inequities, the series presents facts and figures and short, digital-first films by award-winning filmmaker Elizabeth Arledge to shine a light on this crisis.
Support provided by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and The Annette Harkins Family Trust. Short films produced, directed, and written by Elizabeth Arledge/Gurney Street Films.