13 Sep 2004
Be Here to Love Me
Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of Townes Van Zandt.
The Hero's Journey to the Third Pole
a Bipolar Music Documentary with Elephants.
Part road movie, part musical, part serious inquiry into the caverns of the mind. Þriðji pólinn follows Anna Tara Edwards, an Icelander raised in Nepal, and legendary musician Högni Egilsson, as they journey to Anna’s childhood home in the mountain jungles to explore the afflictions and superpowers that come with bipolar disorder.
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