Filmmaker, Luke Galati shares his personal experience of going through a mental health crisis in Toronto, Canada. He examines the system of responding to people in mental health through policing. Galati reflects on his experience, looks for solutions...
Sphenia, a residential school survivor, has found ways to heal from her experience. Sphenia was a name given by an Ojibwe friend in Residential School. It translates to On My Way.
An isolated Black woman struggles physically, mentally, and spiritually against the news of COVID- 19 and police brutality she sees online. An experimental adaptation of the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Supercalifragilistic is a cinepoem that explores spoken-word poet Daniel Mark Patterson's intimate mental health issues and the challenges of navigating the mental health system. Sometimes, the consequence of finally being diagnosed is almost as debi...
Within the walls of isolation and loneliness, a young man struggles to find his footing in a world that he believes was not designed for him. Based on true events.
Amaya is an average teenager trying to get through high school. She's given an assignment that requires an essay and is working on it the day before it's due. Amaya's writer's block gets in the way and triggers her anxiety, leading to more complicati...
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