"I was always so afraid that someone would ask me (where I was when JFK was shot), and I would have to say I was in a mental institution", says director Allie Light. This moving and informative film features seven women--including the filmmaker--describing their experiences with manic depression, multiple personalities, schizophrenia, euphoria and recovery. Candid interviews are enriched with dramatic reenactments and visualizations of each woman'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. Acknowledging that "madness" is often a way of explaining women's self-expression, this film charges us to listen to the creativity and courage of survivors.

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Collection

Women -- Mental health -- United States, Mentally ill -- United States -- Attitudes

Light, Allie (director), Saraf, Irving (producer), Light, Allie (producer), Saraf, Irving (cinematographer), Saraf, Irving (editor), Light, Allie (editor), Bagby, Rachel (composer), Seymour, Larry (composer), Women make movies (distributor)

00:24:49 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

Name	Women Make Movies
Role	distributor
Telephone	212-925-0606
Address	462 Broadway, STE 500, New York, NY 10013
Email	[email protected]

1993-01-01

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