Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing movement of professionals and survivors who are forging alternative treatments that focus on recovery and turning mental “illness” into a positive transformative experience.
Direction
Borges and Tomlinson let subjects breathe without forced drama
Production
Intimate access to vulnerable moments most docs would exploit
Director
Kevin Tomlinson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film taps into the 'mad pride' movement and R.D. Laing's radical psychiatry legacy, both largely erased from mainstream mental health conversations.
Director Phil Borges spent decades photographing indigenous cultures before turning to this subject; his visual language carries that anthropographic DNA.
US
