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Dialogues with madwomen, Light-Saraf Films ; produced by Allie Light & Irving Saraf ; directed by Allie Light

eng

videorecording

Dialogues with madwomen

videorecording DVD

Light-Saraf Films ; produced by Allie Light & Irving Saraf ; directed by Allie Light

90

Features seven women--including the filmmaker--describing their experiences with manic depression, multiple personalities, schizophrenia, euphoria, and recovery. Candid interviews are combined with dramatic reenactments and visualizations of each women's history, emotions, and dreams--the private symbols of madness and sanity. The social dimensions of women and mental illness are revealed in testimony about sexual assault, incest, racism and homophobia, the abuses of the medical establishment, family, and church

live action