Dialogues with Madwomen

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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.

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

References[]

External links[]

• Film review and awards
• Film history and an interview
• Dialogues with Madwomen at IMDb

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