A documentary, divided into "chapters", about the life of the inmates of the asylum on Leros. From the point of view that the mentally ill are victims of social oppression, the film turns a harsh light on the psychiatric system and offers pointed criticism of the policies that produce such inhuman conditions.
The Richardson Olmsted Campus, a former psychiatric center and National Historic Landmark, is seeing...
Four-time Emmy winner John Kastner was granted unprecedented access to the Brockville facility for 1...
Staged as a series of voiceover sessions, written with gloriously off-balanced precision and dipped ...
Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the hi...
This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious halluc...
Initially airing on HBO's "America Undercover" series, this riveting documentary focuses on three fa...
Documentary written and presented by scientist Richard Dawkins, in which he seeks to expose "those a...
"Beyond Hoarding" takes a fresh look at hoarding through the experiences of people afflicted with th...
In his first HBO comedy special, Gary Gulman offers candid reflections on his struggles with depress...
It’s the second semester of junior year for Pierce “Sparni” Sparnroft, a gifted jazz vibraphonist st...
This impressive doco disperses the fog of shame and sensationalism to shed light on the tragedy that...
The lives of four Syrian families, resettled in Baltimore and under a deadline to become self-suffic...
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film...
Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the myst...
The story of artist Edith Lake Wilkinson, a painter who was committed to an asylum in 1924 and never...
Based on Elizabeth Swados’ picture book of the same name, this animated short film charts one woman'...
New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, sepa...
Filmmaker Stephen Hosier takes a journey with Richard Csanyi, his childhood friend, as he investigat...
Documentary about Manuel Méndez, better known as Manolo Kabezabolo, a punk artist who in a somewhat ...
Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)...