This week on NFB.ca: A Close Look at Mental Illness
This week on NFB.ca we explored mental illness through four documentary films. Per the CMHA, 50% of the population will have had a mental illness by age 40.
Posts Tagged “mental illness”
Explore Mental Health from 3 Different Perspectives
Approximately 20 percent of Canadians live with mental health problems. Watch 3 films that offer 3 different perspectives on issues of mental health.
The Head Vanishes | An Interview with Animator Franck Dion
* This post is a translation. Read the original French post here. Franck Dion’s The Head Vanishes was part of the official selection of the prestigious Annecy International Animation Film...
Rent 3 Hard-Hitting Docs on Mental Illness and Violent Crime
Rent Life With Murder, NCR: Non Criminally Responsible and Out of Mind, Out of Sight, a trilogy of John Kastner docs about mental illness and violent crime.
“The Misery of Others”: The Ethics of Filming People on the Edge
* This is a guest post by Oisin Curran, web writer for the web doc Here At Home. More on this topic on the Here At Home blog. In a...
Here At Home: An Interactive Window into a Radical Canadian Experiment
Most of us living in cities routinely cross paths with the homeless. Faced with their hardship, we can’t help but wonder: Who are these people? How did they end up...
Racing Thoughts in theatres for Mental Illness Awareness Week
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/racing_thoughts_trailer/ Louiselle Noël’s new film, Racing Thoughts is being screened in cities across Canada this week in conjunction with Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 3-9, 2010). In the film, Louiselle...