Out of Mind, Out of Sight

Collaborators : Basmajian, Silva | Kastner, John | Parks, Deborah | JS Kastner Productions Ltd. (Toronto) | Office national du film du Canada
Forensic psychiatry -- Ontario -- Brockville.Mental illness.Mentally ill offenders -- Institutional care.Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- Ontario -- Brockville.Law and Crime -- Crimes.Law and Crime -- Rehabilitation.Psychology and Psychiatry -- Counselling and Therapy.Psychology and Psychiatry -- Mental Illness and Disabilities.Social Issues -- Violence.Documentary films.Show 5 more

What happens to people who suffer from mental illnesses and commit violent crimes? Where do they go? How are they treated? Little is known about the facilities-once called asylums for the criminally insane-to which some of these patients are sent. Now known as forensic psychiatric hospitals, these are institutions inside which patients disappear, away from public view for years. Four-time Emmy winner John Kastner has been granted unprecedented access to one such hospital: the Brockville Mental Health Centre. He filmed inside this facility for 18 months, allowing 46 patients and 75 staff to share their experiences with stunning frankness. The result is two remarkable documentaries. The first, NCR: Not Criminally Responsible, premiered at Hot Docs in the spring of 2013 and follows the story of a violent patient released into the community, much to the alarm of his victim and her family. Kastner's film, Out of Mind, Out of Sight, returns to the Brockville Mental Health Centre to follow treatment processes normally hidden from the public, profiling four patients-two men and two women-as they struggle to gain control over their lives, so they can return to a society that often fears and demonizes them.

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Resource Type : Émission et filmFormats : 1 streaming video (87 min., 47 sec.)Collections : Loin d'eux-mêmes, loin des autres - DVD/Out of Mind, Out of Sight - DVD, Out of Mind, Out of Sight - DVD/Loin d'eux-mêmes, loin des autres - DVDLanguage : AnglaisYear of publication : ©2014

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