Workman Arts

Shuffle

Benjamin Flaherty | 2025 | United States | Documentary | 81 minutes | English | Canadian Premiere

KEYWORDS: Rehab, insurance fraud, addiction, recovery

Shot over the course of three years, Shuffle follows three individuals whose lives depend not on getting into addiction treatment, but on getting out alive, and in the process, shines a light on the insurance-fueled cycle of rehabilitation fraud spreading across the USA. With the filmmaker serving as narrator, and using his own experience as a roadmap, these personal stories provide an upsetting framework for a more public investigation with the help of an FBI informant, an insurance analyst and the former Director of a Philadelphia-based treatment facility. Shuffle unravels a web of public policy and private interest preying on a desperate population for the sake of profits.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Benjamin Flaherty is an Austin-based filmmaker with a diverse collection of work – from documentary and art films with Lou Reed & Lola Schnabel to commercial spots for major brands. His short form PSA’s have been awarded at Cannes, D&AD, One Show and the Clios. His documentary feature debut, SHUFFLE, won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature at SXSW 2025.

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POST SCREENING DISCUSSION AND Q&A

Benjamin Flaherty — Director, 'Shuffle'

Benjamin Flaherty is an Austin-based filmmaker with a diverse collection of work – from documentary and art films with Lou Reed & Lola Schnabel to commercial spots for major brands. His short form PSA’s have been awarded at Cannes, D&AD, One Show and the Clios. His documentary feature debut, SHUFFLE, won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature at SXSW 2025.

Geoff Pevere — Moderator

Geoff Pevere is one of Canada’s leading pop culture commentators and movie critics. The former host of CBC Radio’s groundbreaking Prime Time program, he is also the co-author of the national bestseller Mondo Canuck: A Canadian Pop Culture Odyssey . Currently a movie columnist with the Globe and Mail, he was a movie critic with the Toronto Star for ten years, a TV host with TVOntario and Rogers Television, and a lecturer on film and media. His other books include Toronto on Film and Donald Shebib’s Goin’ Down the Road.