Running from Crazy (2013)

Directed by

Barbara Kopple

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about Mariel Hemingway and her sisters as they cope with a family legacy of mental illness and suicide. It follows Mariel's efforts to understand and break free from that history.

intimatereflectivepoignantcandidsombercontemplativepersonalemotional

What happens

Running from Crazy is a 2013 television documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple about the family of Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway. Through the eyes of Mariel, who received an Oscar nomination for her role in Woody Allen's 1979 film Manhattan, and who has spoken for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, it chronicles the story of three of the author's grandchildren: Mariel, Margaux Hemingway and Joan "Muffet" Hemingway, daughters of Jack Hemingway, and their struggles with the family history of substance abuse, mental illness and suicide. It was produced by Cabin Creek Films for the Oprah Winfrey Network, with both Barbara Kopple and Oprah Winfrey as executive producers. First shown at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, it premiered on OWN on April 27, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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