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Minds on Film blog
Minds on Film
Minds on Film is a blog that explores psychiatric conditions and mental health issues as portrayed in a selection of readily available films.
It is written by Dr Joyce Almeida, a retired consultant psychiatrist based in the UK.
Please note that this blog may contain plot spoilers. Any views expressed are purely Dr Almeida's.
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George Shelley: Learning to Grieve
Learning to Grieve is an hour long documentary produced in 2018 for BBC3 featuring the former boy band star, George Shelley, in which he describes his experience of grief and ...
Dr Joyce Almeida 04 December, 2018
Minds on Film: A Fantastic Woman is an important film to watch for anyone seeking a better understanding of the issues facing the transgender community, says Dr Joyce Almeida.
Dr Joyce Almeida 13 July, 2018
Kingdom of Us
Minds on film: Kingdom of Us is a full-length documentary film made for Netflix lasting 109 minutes, directed by Lucy Cohen, and released in the UK in October 2017.
Dr Joyce Almeida 08 January, 2018
Minds on film: Resurface is a short documentary film, lasting twenty six minutes, directed by Joshua Izenberg and Wynn Padula, that was released in the US in September 2017 on ...
Dr Joyce Almeida 24 October, 2017
Minds on film: Manchester by the Sea is written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. It was released in the UK in 2016 and has since won 115 awards.
Lilting
Minds on film: Lilting is the first full length film written and directed by the Cambodian born British director Hong Khaou. It was released in the UK in 2014.
Dr Joyce Almeida 04 May, 2017
Life, Animated
Minds on film: Life, Animated is a documentary film released in 2016, directed by Roger Ross Williams, based on a book of the same name written by Ron Suskind. The ...
Dr Joyce Almeida 13 February, 2017
Asperger's Are Us
Minds on film: Asperger's Are Us is described as a coming of age documentary and is the directorial debut of Alex Lehmann.
Anomalisa
Minds on film: Anomalisa is a feature-length stop-motion animation film directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, its screenplay written by Kaufman and based on an earlier radio play that ...
Dr Joyce Almeida 14 November, 2016
Minds on film: Concussion, written and directed by Peter Landesman, was released in the USA in 2015.
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