Donald

Reality & Nonfiction • TV-14 • Directed by: Intervention • 44 minutes

Donald is a 38-year-old crack addict from Long Island, New York. When he was five, Donald's parents divorced after his Catholic father refused to accept his mother's conversion to Jehovah's Witnesses. Donald longed for a strong father figure, but his father had little contact with him. As a young man, Donald was a gifted boxer and won two gold medals in the Junior Olympics, but in the end, Donald chose drugs over his career. He began selling drugs and joined a violent gang where he was known as "The Enforcer." He became increasingly addicted to crack, then turned to stealing to support his habit. Now, his 21 year-old son, also a gifted athlete, is angry and estranged because Donald wasn't there for him growing up. Donald's girlfriend Carolyn just had their baby and Donald has a second chance to be the caring father he always dreamed of being. But his crack use is spiraling out of control and he's reduced to living in his mother's basement. His mother and sister are praying for him to give up drugs and his girlfriend is afraid to leave him alone with their baby. They are all convinced that without an intervention, Donald will die.