Underplayed Gems

The Depression (2014)

The Depression poster
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
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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.

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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)

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