God Knows Where I Am Linda Bishop
God knows where i am tells the story of linda bishop a well educated new hampshire mother diagnosed with severe bipolar disorder with psychosis who was intermittently incarcerated and homeless.
God knows where i am linda bishop. With kevin carbone matthew nelson wayne digeronimo brian smith. In 2011 the new yorker published god knows where i am an unsettling article by rachel aviv recounting the fate of linda bishop a single mother with bipolar disorder and psychosis who fell. Directed by jedd wider todd wider.
The film premiered to critical acclaim and screened in cities and film festivals all over the world winning numerous awards including the special jury prize for international feature at hot docs canadian. It is those notebooks the journal of the last months of bishop s life that form the basis of the remarkably moving new documentary god knows where i am by brothers jedd and todd wider. What should happen when patients reject their diagnosis.
She suffered from severe bipolar disorder with psychosis. God knows where i am beautiful haunting and supremely moving is one of the most powerful documentary films i have seen on america s flawed approach to mental health and homelessness. God knows where i am is the story of linda bishop a well educated new hampshire mother who suffered from severe bipolar disorder with psychosis who was intermittently incarcerated and homeless inevitably being committed for three years to a state psychiatric facility.
Save this story for later. By rachel avi v. God knows where i am is a 2016 american documentary film directed by todd wider and jedd wider and produced by brian ariotti lori singer joseph edelman todd wider and jedd wider.
God knows where i am wider film projects linda bishop was a well educated mother from new hampshire. Successfully fighting her sister s protective attempts to be named her legal guardian linda was able to refuse treatment. Diagnosed as bipolar linda bishop used her hospital stay.
God knows where i am. Through diary entries this documentary follows the life and death of homeless woman linda bishop and her struggles with starvation sanity and god. God knows where i am is the story of linda bishop a well educated new hampshire mother who suffered from severe bipolar disorder with psychosis who was intermittently incarcerated and homeless inevitably being committed for three years to a state psychiatric facility.
