The Depression (2014)

Original title

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

Directed by

Elizabeth Swados

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

30 min

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An animated documentary short about living with depression based on a picture book. It uses drawings and music to show the ups and downs of the condition.

personalintrospectivehonestgentleanimatedpoignantreflectiveemotional

What happens

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) is a 2014 animated short film based on My Depression: A Picture Book by Elizabeth Swados. The film was written and directed by Swados, Robert Marianetti and David Wachtenheim, and featured the voices of Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi and Fred Armisen. Distributed by HBO, My Depression was premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and competed in Best Documentary (Short Film). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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