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Dialogues with Madwomen
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Wikipedia article
'Dialogues with Madwomen' is a 1993 documentary by Allie Light focusing on mental illness in women. It was later aired on television on the PBS series 'POV'.
Synopsis
In 'Dialogues with Madwomen', filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf have seven "madwomen" including Light herself into telling their stories. Using a mixture of home movies, archival footage of psychiatric wards, re-enactments, and interviews with their subjects, Light and Saraf have created a complex, moving portrait of women in whom depression, schizophrenia, and multiple personalities coexist with powerful, sometimes inspired levels of creativity.
See also
*Atypical antipsychotics, which came onto the market after this film was made
Karen Wong
In December 2013, a man whose DNA linked him to Karen Wong, one of the seven women in the film, was found guilty and convicted for her murder. His conviction was later overturned.
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