What About the Kids?, a collaboration of Wahl St. Productions and OSV Films, is a touching narrative that illuminates the importance of faith and family on the journey to sobriety.
Jim Wahlberg &
Wahl St. Productions
Jim is the fifth oldest Wahlberg. Like his brothers Donny and Mark, Jim recovered from his tough upbringing in the streets of Dorchester to become producer, writer, and director of films, including The Circle of Addiction, What About the Kids?, and The Lookalike. Jim is the executive director of the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation, created to improve the quality of life for inner city youth through a working partnership with other youth organizations.
Jim discusses his personal struggle with addiction in his upcoming book, The Big Hustle.
Wahl St. Productions is a full-service production company that independently produces films, television and web content; but also works with clients in both the corporate and non-profit sectors to make their video and electronic media production dreams a reality.
The Big Hustle
A Boston Street Kid's Story of Addiction and Redemption
The Big Hustle is the story of a redeemed life and a family’s healing. This is the no-holds-barred, unvarnished, and sometimes brutal true story of Jim Wahlberg, the fifth of nine kids growing up in a working-class Irish Catholic neighborhood outside of Boston, hustling for attention any way he could get it, which led him to the biggest hustle of his life. Against all odds he got clean, he got out, and he got the girl. Jim dedicated his new life as a former addict to working with addicts, and for years has spread the word that recovery is possible.
IMPORTANCE OF FAITH & FAMILY
OSV Films
OSV Films is an extension of OSV, the leading Catholic publisher in the United States. OSV provides products and solutions to more than nine of every ten Catholic parishes and every Catholic diocese in the country. Founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll, the company continues to serve the Church through a wide range of products and services. From weekly and monthly publications, to software solutions, fundraising and consulting services, curriculum products, trade books, and parish publications, OSV helps individual Catholics, families, parishes and dioceses to grow closer to Christ and contribute to the growth and vitality of his Church in the world. A not-for-profit Catholic organization, OSV has been supporting the needs of the Church for over a century and will continue to listen to customers’ needs today and tomorrow.
