
2017
Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing movement of professionals and survivors who are forging alternative treatments that focus on recovery and turning mental “illness” into a positive transformative experience.

Phil Borges
Narrator (voice)

Adam Gentry
Self – Seattle, Washington

Rob Gentry
Self – Adam's Father

Jodi Gentry
Self – Adam's Mother

Ron Zuelzke
Self – Adam's High School Friend

Erica Miller
Self – Adam's High School Girlfriend

Ekhaya Esima
Self

Robert Whitaker
Self – Journalist, Author, 'Anatomy of An Epidemic'

Allen J. Frances
Self – Author; Prof. Emeritus, Dept. Psychiatry, Duke University

Dwayne Stone
Self – Mental Health Counselor, Psychiatric Community Clinic

Thupten Ngodrup
Self

Sandra Ingerman
Self – Therapist, Author, Shamanic Practitioner

Roger Walsh
Self - Professor Psychiatry & Anthropology, UC Irvine

Gabor Maté
Self – Author; Professor, Simon Fraser Univ., BC, Canada

Will Hall
Self – Therapist & Teacher; Author, Lecturer

Peter Gøtzsche
Self – Medical Researcher; Professor, University of Copenhagen

Daniel J. Siegel
Self – Neuropsychiatrist

Mia Davis
Self – Ekhaya's Friend

Tren Childs
Self – Ekhaya's Friend

Sara Pelfrey
Self – Founder, SoulFood Coffee House

Makia Oaks
Self – Co-Owner, SoulFood Coffee House

Robert Thurman
Self – Professor, Buddhist Studies, Colombia University; Author

Joan Halifax
Self – Buddhist Teacher, Zen Priest, Author, Anthropologist

John Read
Self – Author; Professor, Swinburne Univ. of Technology, NZ

Alberto Villoldo
Self – Psychologist, Author, Medical Anthropologist

James Baraz
Self – Co-Founder, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Angeles Arrien
Self – Cultural Anthropologist, Educator, Author

Carroll Dunham
Self – Medical Anthropologist, Author, Filmmaker

Krista MacKinnon
Self – Founder & Director, Families Healing Together

Stanislav Grof
Self – Psychiatrist, Author; Professor of Psychology, CIIS

Laura Delano Duncan
Self – Ex-Patient & Activist; Community Organizer

Yeye Gogo Nana
Self – South African Sangoma

Ethan Montgomery
Self – Ekhaya's Son

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