Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia
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1) Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia is a soul-searching examination into the
nature of responsibility—of parents and children, of physicians and patients, of
society and citizens towards those afflicted with severe mental illness. As
Delaney tries to rebuild her relationship with her father, Unlisted examines the
challenging family dynamics that mental illness dictates. As she works to
overcome the obstacles to getting her dad appropriate treatment, the film
exposes the failings of the American mental health system as experienced by the
families trying to navigate it. And as Delaney traces the progression of Richard’s
illness she studies his medical files and reads beautifully animated scenes from
his autobiographical surrealist novel. Here Unlisted enters the inner life of
Richard Ruston with a clarity and affection missing from many films about people
with mental illness.
2) Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia is a moving first person account of a woman’s
troubled relationship with her father and his mental illness. Delaney Ruston, a
Seattle general physician, went into hiding to protect herself from her dad’s
erratic behavior and episodes of paranoia. After more than a decade of
separation she decides to reconnect. Ruston documents her reconciliation with
her father in a film that exposes the pain that mental illness inflicts on families
and the urgent need to repair the American mental health system.
3) On his good days, UNLISTED filmmaker Delaney Ruston and her dad would go
for rides on his scooter. She tells the dramatic story of their separation and
reconciliation in UNLISTED: A STORY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA. The film
premieres on public television stations nationwide in October 2010.
4) A family split apart…a family reunited…a story you will never forget. Unlisted: A
Story of Schizophrenia
5) A daughter's journey to reconnect with her father after 10 years of hiding
6) One women's journey, as daughter and now as a doctor, to reconnect with her
father after 10 years of hiding