The subject of hoarders and hoarding has notoriously been met with negativity. Hoarders are often seen as crazy, lazy, or intentionally being difficult. However, hoarding is an actual disorder that is diagnosable, and treatable. The disorder, hoarding disorder, causes one to have a very difficult time parting with possessions, even one's others may see as […]
Award-winning filmmaker extraordinaire, Alex Gibney, indulges every inch of our morbid fascination with serial killers in his hair-raising documentary, Crazy Not Insane on HBO Max. While it’s easy to get caught up in the sensationalized nature of such horrific murderous rampages, Gibney instead redirects our attention to the research of rebel psychiatrist, Dr. Dorothy Otnow […]
In her TED Fellows video, Almudena Toral describes trauma as the “psychological wound that stays after something really terrible has happened to us.” Toral is a visual journalist and filmmaker who documents the aftermath of experiences of trauma. Her piece “The Legacy of the Zero Tolerance Policy” focuses on the horrors of the policy enforced […]
Demi Lovato recently released a mini docu-series on YouTube called “Dancing with the Devil”. This four-episode documentary dives deep into Lovato’s recovery and the events leading up to her opioid overdose in July 2018. Many celebrities often keep their mental health issues private as it is often criticized and shamed by the public. Lovato makes it […]
Our minds work in incredible ways to protect us from the negative experiences that occur throughout our lives. Those diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID) show us just how resilient we can be in surviving severe trauma and/or abuse. The documentary "Busy Inside" follows Karen Marshall, a licensed clinical social worker and therapist specializing in […]
Leah Warshawski is a film maker where she has worked on TV shows like “Lost” and “Hawaii”. During these projects is when she learned from the of the best and most experienced in the industry. Her first project and feature film is “Finding Hollywoood” where she profiled the burgeoning film industry in Rwanda during the […]
Mira Zimet is a visual storyteller and an award-winning documentary film maker. She founded the Storyboard Project, an award-winning documentary web-series about foster youth who are aging out of the system. Her series has helped foster care youth heal from their trauma with visual art and art therapy. Image Credit: Feature: Meyrembulucek at DeviantArt, Creative […]
A recent national survey of Canadian colleges and universities revealed that a fifth of post-secondary students across the country have some type of mental health problem, be it anxiety, depression, or other mental health issues. The demand for mental health services on campuses has never been higher and yet, most students are not getting the […]
Documentaries tell compelling stories. But while we become captivated by moments on screen, we forget there is someone behind the camera, watching events unfold in real-time. Cameraperson, a recently released documentary by Kirsten Johnson, portrays her experiences filming documentaries, and it includes footage captured while traveling and filming. Johnson has travelled the world – from […]
This VICE documentary on the Aokigahara Forest, otherwise known as the Japanese “suicide forest,” follows Azusa Hayano, a geologist, who studies the plantation at the base of Mount Fuji. In the video, we watch Hayano walk through the forest and explain the history of this suicide site. *Viewer discretion is advised. Image Credit Feature: […]