27 May 2023
My Personal Funhouse Mirror
A look at past diary entries reveals a teenage girl's struggles with body image and depression
Sad People Factory
An investigation into the global nature and epidemic scope of depression, shown from a societal point of view challenging the individual notion of depression. We look at the collective causes of depression with sociologists, social workers, and neuropsychiatrists on the subject’s cutting edge.
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Shekhar Saxena Self
Daniel Chisholm Self
Bun Chino Self
Junko Kitanaka Self
Hiroshi Kawahito Self
Shigenobu Kanba Self
Allen Frances Self
Steeves Demazeux Self
Jerome Wakefield Self
Laurence Kirmayer Self
Michelle Holmberg Self
Osamu Tajima Self
Alain Ehrenberg Self
Emily Martin Self
Nikos Chountis Self
Marina Oikonomou Self
Miguel Benasayag Self
Patrizia Pierangeli Narrator
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