Dialogues with Madwomen | |
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Directed by | Allie Light |
Produced by | Irving Saraf |
Cinematography | Irving Saraf |
Edited by | Irving Saraf |
Running time
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90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Dialogues with Madwomen is a 1993 documentary by Allie Light focusing on mental illness in women.
In Dialogues with Madwomen, filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf have seven "madwomen" — including Light herself — into telling their stories. Using a mixture of home movies, archival footage of psychiatric wards, re-enactments, and interviews with their subjects, Light and Saraf have created a complex, moving portrait of women in whom depression, schizophrenia, and multiple personalities coexist with powerful, sometimes inspired levels of creativity.
In December 2013, a man whose DNA linked him to Karen Wong, one of the seven women in the film, was found guilty and convicted for her murder.