Tag: Mental Illness

[Fantastic Fest 2024] WHAT HAPPENED TO DOROTHY BELL? & the Destructive Repression of Family Truth

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A woman's family history becomes the grip of a demon in What Happened to Dorothy Bell?

[Fogfest 2023] THE SHADE & The Silent Inferno of Mental Illness

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THE SHADE is a great, albeit harrowing, allegory about a family struggling with mental health issues.

A BANQUET is a Feast of Symbols in an Agonising Allegory

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Ruth Paxton's A BANQUET is allegory and reality mixed together in a terrifying concoction about death, grief, and mental illness.

[Fantasia 2022] HYPOCHONDRIAC: Buried Traumas & Mental Illness; Or, Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

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A young artist spirals into madness after his estranged mother makes contact again after many years.

Mental Illness, Art, & Jungian Shadows in DANIEL ISN’T REAL

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Give in to your shadowy side. Or else.

Mr. Robot – Season 4, Episode 3: “403 Forbidden”

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Elliot learns something about himself while trying to use another person to his ends