Genres
Production Companies
Lighthouse Pictures
MarVista Entertainment
Cruel Instruction
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Stanley M. Brooks
Producer: Kevin Leslie
Director of Photography: Amy Belling
Writer: Adrienne Rush
Top Cast
Kelcey Mawema
Kayla Adams
Morgan Taylor Campbell
Amanda Scheff
Camryn Manheim
Miss Connie
Cynthia Bailey
Karen Adams
Jason Gray-Stanford
Mr. Seckerling
Calder Stewart
Bryce
Sydney Scotia
Maggie
Genea Charpentier
Lindsay
Videos
Cruel Instruction 2022 Trailer
