Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
Summary |
Features seven women--including the filmmaker--describing their experiences with manic depression, multiple personalities, schizophrenia, euphoria, and recovery. Candid interviews are combined with dramatic reenactments and visualizations of each women's history, emotions, and dreams--the private symbols of madness and sanity. The social dimensions of women and mental illness are revealed in testimony about sexual assault, incest, racism and homophobia, the abuses of the medical establishment, family, and church |
Notes |
Originally releases as a motion picture in 1993 |
Credits |
Cinematography, Irving Saraf ; editors, Irving Saraf, Allie Light ; music, Rachel Bagby ; instrumental music composed & performed by Larry Seymour |
Notes |
DVD |
Subject |
Women -- Mental health -- United States.
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Mentally ill -- United States -- Attitudes.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Video recordings.
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Author |
Light, Allie.
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Saraf, Irving.
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Women Make Movies (Firm)
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