John's Not Mad (1989)

Directed by

Valerie Kaye

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

28 min

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles a Scottish teenager named John who lives with Tourette syndrome. It shows his daily life and the challenges he faces.

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What happens

John's Not Mad is a British television documentary made as an episode of the BBC's Q.E.D. series in 1989. In 2005, it was ranked, in a British public poll, as one of the 50 Greatest Documentaries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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