Dialogues with Madwomen

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Dialogues with Madwomen
Directed byAllie Light
Produced byIrving Saraf
CinematographyIrving Saraf
Edited byIrving Saraf
Distributed byWomen Make Movies
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dialogues with Madwomen is a 1993 documentary by Allie Light focusing on mental illness in women.[1] 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.

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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.[2] His conviction was later overturned.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dialogues with Madwomen". Women Make Movies. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Man convicted in 1991 rape, murder of Richmond district woman". The San Francisco Examiner. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  3. ^ "S.F. murder conviction overturned - judge tossed holdout juror". SFGATE. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

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