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1) Breaking
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"Based on the true story [of] Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley. Denied support from Veterans Affairs, financially desperate and running out of options, he takes a bank and several of its employees hostage, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with the police"--Container.
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"A two-part, four-hour documentary [mini-series] that explores America's youth mental health crisis through the eyes of more than twenty young people, their providers, advocates, family and friends. The interviewees speak courageously about their challenges, difficulty finding treatment, and encounters with stigma, making their experiences more relatable for all of us"--Container.
3) The beaver
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Walter, once a successful and happy family man, has hit rock bottom. But, in his darkest hour, he finds a rather unusual savior: a beaver hand-puppet that takes over Walter's life in an attempt to change things for the better. Special features included.
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Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity through the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people from around the world. The film blends Higashida's revelatory insights into autism, written when he was just thirteen, with intimate portraits of five remarkable young people. It opens a window for audiences into an intense and overwhelming, but often joyful, sensory universe. Moments in...
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The Decolonizing Mental Health series dismantles the racism that underscores the mental healthcare industry. By focusing its gaze on the transformative work of therapists and individuals of color, it calls for redressal of the ways in which we define psychiatric illness and health.
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This film gives insight into Louise's personal story and shows how her views on self-esteem, abundance, and the metaphysical causes behind physical ailments were developed. It also reveals how she applies these concepts to her own emotional, spiritual, and professional life. Includes firsthand accounts from people who have been positively affected by Louise's work.
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"Latrice Monroe [is] a therapist who decides to end a stalled romance with her longtime, high-profile, psychiatrist, boyfriend/business partner. She movies into a predominately African-American and psychologically ignored neighborhood and navigates her practice, her relationships, and her sanity with the town's biggest personalities Davis, Jeanette, and Theona. Her private practice is located in a vacant, street-front office space in the middle of...
10) Yes man
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Carl Allen signs up for a self-help program based on one simple principle: say yes to everything ... and anything. Unleashing the power of 'yes' transforms Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, but he soon discovers that embracing every opportunity might just become too much of a good thing.
11) Crazywise
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The traditional wisdom of indigenous cultures often contradicts modern views about a mental health crisis. Is it a 'calling' to grow or just a 'broken brain'? This documentary explores what can be learned from people around the world who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformative experience.
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The Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana is shaken to its core by a teen suicide epidemic that claims 22 Native lives in a single year including two high school basketball team members. 'For Walter And Josiah' follows the team during their season as the surviving members play to honor their fallen brothers and uplift their community.
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Award-winning filmmaker Sandra Luckow unflinchingly turns her camera on her own family as they attempt to navigate the broken mental health system in an effort to save their brother, whose iPhone video diary ultimately becomes an unfiltered look at the mind of a man with untreated schizophrenia as well as an indictment of how the system failed. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the **Richmond International Film Festival**. "*That Way Madness Lies...
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Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's television, who for the last three decades has been a beacon of kindness and optimism to children and adults alike. But when his family life starts to unravel, Jeff discovers that keeping it all together isn't as easy as one-two-three. The result: a kind man in a cruel world facing a slow leak of sanity that asks the question, can one keep a good man down?
17) Breaking
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A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life.
18) Let me be me
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When the Westphal family learned that their six-year-old Kyle was on the Autism spectrum, they feared they might never develop a real connection to their child. Withdrawn and constantly wrapping himself in fabric and blankets, Kyle was retreating from the world around him. Determined to find a way to connect, his parents embarked on an intense and radical journey that involved compassionately joining Kyle in his unique behaviors. Twenty years later,...
19) The good night
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Gary Sheller is caught in a mid-life crisis: dead-end job, depressing life and a deteriorating relationship with his girlfriend, Dora. That is, until he meets Anna, the girl of his dreams. Able to see her only while asleep, Gary seeks out an expert on lucid dreaming techniques who agrees to help Gary carry on the most satisfying relationship of his life. But as Gary continues to shun reality, his waking life troubles only worsen.
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With his beloved Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time off the air for the first time in 30 years, Jeff Pickles must find a way to communicate with his many fans who still need him. Jeff creates a new and controversial method to talk directly to children across the world only to become the target of animosity for the first time in his career. As Jeff navigates the most complicated moral gray areas of his life, he discovers a new side of himself.
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