Torrential

Crazywise

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.

Documentary

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)