Overview
Well-educated, New Hampshire mother, Linda Bishop, was determined to stay free of the mental health system after her early release from a 3 year commitment to New Hampshire State Hospital. Instead, she became a prisoner of her own mind, a fate which she documents in one of the most evocative and chilling accounts of mental illness and of our systemic failure to protect those suffering from it.
This was a rather moving documentary about how an intelligent woman slowly lost a battle with mental illness. The unique part of the film is how she became lost to the world in her final months. I think the Netflix description of the film really doesn’t do it justice – I did not see her death as a failure of the system but that doesn’t change how I felt about it.
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Movie title: God Knows Where I Am
Movie description: Well-educated, New Hampshire mother, Linda Bishop, was determined to stay free of the mental health system after her early release from a 3 year commitment to New Hampshire State Hospital. Instead, she became a prisoner of her own mind, a fate which she documents in one of the most evocative and chilling accounts of mental illness and of our systemic failure to protect those suffering from it.
Date published: 2018-11-07
Director(s): Jedd Wider, Todd Wider
Actor(s): Lori Singer, Paul Appelbaum, Joan Bishop, Kevin Carbone, Wayne DiGeronimo, James E. Duggan, Jennie Duval, Lora Goss, Judith E. Kolada
Genre: Mystery, Documentary, Drama, History
My Review
This was a rather moving documentary about how an intelligent woman slowly lost a battle with mental illness. The unique part of the film is how she became lost to the world in her final months. I think the Netflix description of the film really doesn’t do it justice – I did not see her death as a failure of the system but that doesn’t change how I felt about it.
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My Review - 8/10
8/10