Mental illness is still taboo in our societies. We condemn the mentally disturbed to special institutions because we don´t want to see them. How can television help us to overcome our prejudices? How thin are the boundaries between normality and so-called 'madness'?
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This documentary attempts to shed some light into the dark corners of mental illness, a disease that affects millions of Americans each year. There are many…
A matter of the mind
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Simple Swedish people appreciated the film and said that they couldn´t believe something so 'far out' was actually allowed to be shown. In the art…
Erland Cullberg
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Believe us, these aren´t just any old scenes! The documentary we call DESPERADOS OF THE NORTH is a portrait of men condemned to confinement in Sweden´s…
Scenes from sater
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