In the 1970's, an Ontario woman was committed to a psychiatric institution because she was a lesbian. Reflecting remarkable courage and imagination, this tape is a powerful indictment of a mental illness system that treats lesbianism as a disease to be cured by drugs, shock treatment and incarceration. At times painful and disturbing, Still Sane's overriding theme is ultimately one of defiance and survival: we can maintain our choices, even in the face of literally mind-numbing oppression.
Categories
- Works by Women,
- Essay,
- Art + Artists,
- Body,
- Feature Length,
- Feminism,
- Identity,
- LGBTQ2S+,
- Mental Health,
- Portraits,
- Resistance,
- Sexuality