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Dialogues With Madwomen

1994 Light-Saraf Films

Dialogues With Madwomen movie poster


directed by
Allie Light, Irving Saraf, Julia Hilder

produced by
Allie Light, Irving Saraf, Nancy Evans

cinematographer
Irving Saraf, Julia Hilder

editor
Irving Saraf, Allie Light


Dialogues With Madwomen movie poster






Allie Light




music composed by
Larry Seymour

score produced by
Larry Seymour

vocals
Vita

violin
Bruce Dukov

phrase loops, ewi
Steve Tavaglioni

percussion
Tal Bergman

programing
Larry Seymour





Winner
Freedom of Expression Award, Sundance Film Festival: 1994

Winner
Documentary Emmy Award: 1995
Outstanding Interview/Interviewer(s)

Emmy


"Important, affecting...fascinating in the way it challenges us to see these women on their own terms and simultaneously question our notions of 'normal' behavior."
Edward Guthmann San Francisco Chronicle

"Riveting and revelatory...(a) remarkable film."
Sean Elder Vogue

"Poignant and moving, a candid documentary about women and mental illness."
Cathy Nash American Psychiatric Association

"I was always so afraid that someone would ask me where I was when JFK was shot, and I would have to say I was in a mental institution", says director Allie Light. This moving and informative film features seven women--including the filmmaker--describing their experiences with depression, manic depression, multiple personalities, schizophrenia, euphoria and recovery. Candid interviews are enriched with dramatic reenactments and visualizations of each woman'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. Acknowledging that "madness" is often a way of explaining women's self-expression, this film charges us to listen to the creativity and courage of survivors. Dialogues With Madwomen is a ground-breaking film about women and mental illness.



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Dialogues With Madwomen

Allie Light and Irving Saraf, Oscar and Emmy Winners. Film Makers
Irving Saraf and Allie Light
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