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Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more -- culled from 19 years of his life.

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Jonathan Caouette

Cast

Renee Leblanc, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis

The first part of this documentary deals with the Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949, one of the first surgeons to apply the technique called lobotomy for the treatment of schizophrenia. The second part deals with the everyday life of people with schizophrenia today: behavior and relationships, ...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Joaquín Jordá, Núria Villazán

Cast

Valentí Agustí, Francisco Franco, João Maria Pinto

Filmed over five weeks at the Warrendale residential treatment center near Toronto, "Warrendale" observes twelve emotionally disturbed children and the staff who care for them. Working without narration, interviews, or direction, Allan King records daily life as it unfolds, establishing what he later described as “actuality drama.”

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Allan King

Cast

Martin Fischer

This impressive doco disperses the fog of shame and sensationalism to shed light on the tragedy that made international headlines in 2007 when a young Wainuiomata woman died during a mākutu lifting.

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

David Stubbs

Cast

Vivien Bell, Tangaroa Te Ariki, Viv Babbington

Based on Elizabeth Swados’ picture book of the same name, this animated short film charts one woman's struggle with depression.

Runtime

30m

Director

Robert Marianetti, Elizabeth Swados

Cast

Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi, Fred Armisen