Out of the Shadow (2004)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker documents her mother's decades-long struggle with schizophrenia. The film uses interviews, home movies, and photographs to show her mother's life in psychiatric hospitals and group homes.
intimatepersonalobservationalreflectivepoignantearnestmatter-of-factdocumentary-style
What happens
Out of the Shadow is a 2004 grassroots documentary film by Susan Smiley concerning her mother, Mildred Smiley. Mildred Smiley is a middle-aged woman who has battled schizophrenia for over twenty years. The documentary chronicles her journey from psychiatric wards, nursing and group homes in Illinois, United States. Out of the Shadow is composed of interview footage interspersed with home movies and photographs. The film has been positively reviewed by mental health journals such as Clinical Psychiatry News and the Journal of Medical Humanities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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